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THE
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D A V I D
Imitated in the Language of the
New Teftament,
And Apply'd to the
IChriitian State and Worship.
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By I. Watts, D.D.
With the PRE FA C E~Ind NOTES.
-,uke xxiv. 44. All things muft be fulfilled which wen
written in— — ^Pfalms concerning me,
leb. xi. 32. David, Samuel, tftf*/ the Prophets, Ver. 40,
■ 'Th at they without us fnouldnot be made perfect.
LONDON,
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Tinted for Richard Ford, at the Angel;
and Richard Hett, at the Bible and
Crown ; both in ^Poultry. M.dcc.xxxii.
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THE
PREFACE;
O R,
An E n qjj i r y into the right Way of
fitting the Book of Psalms for
Chriftian Worihip.
ng^ro os^^
^HO' the Tfalms of David are a
Nl^ Work of admirable and divine
Compofure, tho' they contain the
nobleft Sentiments of Piety, and
breathe a molt exalted Spirit of De-
votion ; yet when the beft of Chriftians attempt
to fing many of them in our common Tranfla-
tions, that Spirit of Devotion vanifhes and is loft,
the Pfalm dies upon their Lips, and they feel
fcarce any thing of the holy Pleafure.
I f I were to render the Reafons of it, 1
would give this for one of the chief, (viz.) That
the Royal Pfa/mift here expreffes his own Con-
4.2 soak,
IV
Preface.
cerns,in Words exa&ly fuited to his own Thcughtsi
agreeable to his own perfonal Chara&er, and in
the Language of his own Religion : This keeps
all 'the Springs of pious Paffion awake, when
every Line and Syllable fo nearly affe&s himfelf J
this naturally raifes, in a devout Mind, .a more
lively and tranfporting Worfhip. But when we
who are Chrijiians fing the fame Lines, we ex-
prefs nothing but the Character, the Concerns,
and the Religion of the Je<wijb King, while our
own Circumftances, and our own Religion
(which are fo widely different from his) have
little to do in the Sacred Song; and our Affec-
tions want fomething of Property orlntereft in
the Words, to awaken them at firft, and to keep
them lively.
I f this Attempt of mine, thro' the divine
Bleffing, become fo happy as to remove this
great Inconvenience, and to introduce warm De-
votion into this Part of Divine Worfhip, I fhall
efteem it an honourable Service done to the
Church of Chrifi.
'Tis neceflary therefore thatlfhouldhere in-
form my Readers at large, what the Title-Page
, expreffes in a fhorter way , and affure them, that
they are not to expedfc in this Book an exa£t
Tramlation of the Tfalms of David: for if I
had not conceiv'd a different Defign from all
that have gone before me in this Work, I had
never attempted a Service fo full of Labour,
tho' I muft confefs it has not wanted its Pieafure
■ too.
I n order to give a plain Accountof my pre
fent Undertaking, I fliali firft reprefent the Me-
I thods that my Predeceffors have followed in
their
Preface. v
their Verfions ; in the next place, I hope to make
it evident, that thofe Methods can never attain
the nobleft and higheft Ends of Chrifian PfaU
p:ody j and then defcribe the Courfe that I have
taken, different from them all, together with
fome brief Hints of the Reafons that induced
me to it.
First, I will reprefent the Methods that viy
Predeceffors have followed. 1 have {cen above
twenty Verfions of the Pfalter, by Perfons of]
richer and meaner Talents; and how various,
foever their Profcflions and their Prefaces are,;
yet in the Performance they allfeem to aim at this
one Point, (viz.) to make the Hebrew Pfahnifb
only fpeak Engli/b, and keep all his own Charac-
ters ftill. Wherefoever the Pfalm introduces hirrv
as a Soldier or a Prophet, as a Shepherd or a great
Mufician, as a King on the Throne, or as a Fu-j
gitive in the Wildernefs, the Tranllators ever re-
prefent him in the fame Circumftances. Some
of them lead an AlTembly of common Chriftians
to worfhip God, asnearaspoffible, in. thofe very
words ; and they generally agree alfo to perform
and repeat that Worlhip in the antient Jewijh
Forms, wherever the Pfalmifi ufes them.
There are feveral Pfalms indeed, which
have fcarce any thing in them perfonal or pecu-
liar to David, or the Jews, fuch as Pfal. i. xix.
xxv. xxxvii. lxvii. c. &c. and thefe, if tranflated
into the plain National Language, are very pro-
per Materials for Pfalmody in all Times and
Places; but there are but a few of this kind, in
comparifon of the great Number which have
fomething of Perfonal Concer?is> Prophetical
Darknejfes, Hebraijins, or JevJtfh Affairs min-
gled with them.
A3 I
vi Preface.
IConfessj Mr. Milbourn and Mr. Darby,
(tho' in very different Verfe,) have now and
then given an Evangelic Turn to the Hebrew
Senfe:, and Dr. Patrick hath gone much beyond
them in this refpedt, that he hath made ufe of
the prefent Language of Christians in feveral
Pfalms, and left out many of the Judaifms.
This is the Thing that hath introduced him into
the Favour of i'o many religious Affembliesj
even ihofevery Perfons that have an Averiionto
fing any thing in Worfliip but Davids Pfalms3have
been led infenfibly to fall in with Dr. Patrick's
Performance, byaReliihof pious Pleafure; ne-
ver considering that his Work is by no means a I
juft Tranflation, but aParaphrafe: and there
fire fcarce any that have departed farther from
the infpired Words of Scripture than he hath often
done, in order to fuit his Thoughts to the State
and Worfliip of Chrifiiajrity. This I efteem his
peculiar Excellency in thofe Pfalms wherein he
has pradtifed it : This I have made my chief
Care and Bufinefs in every Pfalm, and have at-
tempted at leaft to exceed him in this as well as in
the Art of Verfe, and yet I have often kept nearer
to the Text.
But, after all, this good Man hath differed
himfelf fo far to be carried away by Cuftom, as to
make all the other perfonal Charadters and Cir-
cumftances of David appear ftrong and plain, ex-
cept that of a Jew j and many of them he has re-
prefented in ftronger and plainer Terms than the
Original. This will appear to any one that compares |
thefe following Texts in Dr. Patrick with the
Bible, (viz.) Pfal.iv. 2. andix.4, 5. andxviii.43.
and li. 4. and lx. 6, 7. and ci. 1. andcxli. 6. and
cxliii. 3. and feveral others; So that 'tis hard to
find,
Preface.
,d, even in his Verfion, fix or eight Stanza's*
together in any Pfalm (that has perlbnalor na-
tional Affairs in it) fo fit to be affumed by a vulgar
Chriflian, or fo proper to be fang by a whole
Congregation. This renders the due Performance
of Pfalmody every where difficult to him that
appoints theVerfes : But 'tis extremely trouble-
Tome in thofe Aflemblies where the Pfalm is fung
without reading it Line by Line, which yet is,
beyond all Exception, the trueftandthe beftMe-
'thod : for in this way of finging there can be no
Omiffion of a Verfe, tho? it be never fo impro-
per j but the whole Church muft run dowrn to
the next Divifion of the Pfalm, and ling all that
comes next to their Lips, till the Clerk puts them
to filence. Or, to remedy this Inconvenience,
if a wife Man leads the Song, he dwells always
upon four or five and twenty Pieces of fome fe-
ted Pfalms, tho* the whole hundred and fifty
lie before him; and heisforced to run that nar-
row Round fall, for want of larger Provifion
fuited to our prefent Circumftances.
I
I M i g h T here alfo remark to what a hard
Shift the Minifter is put to find proper Hymns
I at the Celebration of the Lord's Supper, where
the People will fing nothing but out of David's
:Pfalm-Book: How perpetually do they repeat
fome part of the xxihd or the cxviiith Pfalm ?
And confine all the glorious Joy and Melody of
that Ordinance to a few obfeure Lines, becaufe
the Tranflators have not indulg'd an Evangelical
Turn to the Words of David , no not in thofe
very Places where the JewifJj Vfalmifi feems to
mean the Gofpel ; but as excellent a Poet as be
was, he was not able to fpeak it plain, by reafon
of the Infancy of that Difpenfation, and longs
for die Aid of a Chrijiian Writer. Tho', to fpeak
A 4 my
viii Prefac e. "__
my own 5>enfe freely, I do not think David ever
wroteaPfalm of fufficient Glory and Sweetnefs,
to reprefent the Bleffings of this holy Inftitu-
tion of Chrijiy even tho' it v/ere explained by a
copious Commentator; therefore 'tis my Opi-
nion, that other Spiritual Songs fhould fome-
times be ufed to render Christian Pfalmody com-
pleat. But this is not my prefent Bufinefs, and I
have written on this Subje&elfewhere.
T o proceed to the Second Part of my Pre-
face? which is to fhew how inefficient a flriH
Tranflation of the Pfalmsisto attain the defgn'd
End.
The re are feveral Songs of this Royal Au-
thor', that feem improper for any Perfon befides
himielf ; fo that I cannot believe that the Whole
Book of Ffalms (even in the Original) was ap-
pointed by God for the ordinary and conftanc
Worfhip . of the Jevuifb .Sancluary or the Syna-
gogues > tho' feveral of them might be often fung ;
much lefs are they all proper for a Chriflian Church:
Yet the way of a clofe Tranflation of this whole
Book of Hebrew Pfalmsy for EngliJJj and Chriftian
Pfalmodyy has generally obtain'd among us.
S o ME pretend, 'tis but a jufi Refpecl for the
Holy Scriptures j for they have imbib'd a fond
Opinion from their very Childhood, that no-
thing is to be fung at Church but the infpir'd j
Writings, how different foever the Senfe is from
our prefent State. But this Opinion has been
taken upon Truft, by the moft part of its Advo-
cates, and borrow'd chiefly from Education, Cu-
ftom, and the Authority of others; which, if
duly examin'd, will appear to have been built
upon too flight and feeble Foundations j the
Weaknefs
Preface. _jx
eaknefs of it I fhall fhew more at large in ano-
ther place : but it appears of itfelf more emi-
nently inconfiftent m thole Perfons that fcruple
to addrefs God in Profe in any precompos'd
Forms whatfoever j and they give this Realbn,
becaufe they cannot be fitted to all our prefenn I
Occaiionsj and yet in Verfe they confine their
Addrefles to fuch Forms as were fitted chiefly
for JevSiJh VVorfhippers, and for the fpecialOc-
cations of David the King.
•
Others maintain that a ftrift and fcrupu-
lous Confinement to the Senfe of the Original is
necejjary to do Juflice to the Royal Author j but,
in my Judgment, the Royal Author is moft ho-
nour'd when he is made moll intelligible, and
!when his admirable Compofures are copy'd in
jfuch Language, as gives Light and Joy to the
jSaints that live two thoufand Years after him :
whereas fuch a mere Tranilation of all his Verfe
TpXoEngHJh) to befunginour Worfhip, feemsto
darken our Religion, by running back again to .
Judaifm^ it damps our Delight, and almoft for- I
bids the Christian Worjbipper topurfue the Song.
How can weaiTume to our (elves all his Words
in our perfonal or publick Addrefles to God,
when our Condition of Life, our Time, Place,
and RpUgion are fo vaftly different from thofe of
David ?
I Grant 'tis neceflary and proper, that
in tranflating every Part of Scripture for our
Reading or Hearing? the Senfe of the Original
fhould be exactly and faithfully reprefented; for
there we learn what God fays to us in his Word.
Bat in Singing^ for the moll part, the Cafe is al-
ter'd : For as the greateft Number of thePfalms
•are devotional; and there the Pfalmifts exprefs
A 5 their
Pre
FACE.
their own perfonal or national Concerns ; fowe
are taught, by their Example, what is the chief
Defign of Pfalmody,' (viz.) that we fhould re-
prefent our own Senfe of things in Singing, and
addrefs ourfelves to God, expreffing our own
Cafe ; therefore the Words fhould be fo far
adapted to the general State of the Worfhippers,
as that we might feidom fing thofe Expreflions
in which we have no Concern: Or at leaft our
Tranfiators of the Pfalms fhould obferve this
Rule, that when the peculiar Circumftances of
antient Saints are form'd into a Song, for our
prefent and publick Ufe, they fhould be related,
rather in an hiftorical manner,* and not retain
the perfonal Pronouns I and We, where the
Tranfactions cannot belong to any of us, nor be
apply 'd to our Perfons, Churches, or Nation.
Moses, Dehor ah, and the Princes of J/rW;
Davidy Afaphy and Habakkuk, and all the Saints
under the Jewifb State, fung their own Joys and
Vi&ories, their own Hopes, and Fears, and De-
liverances, as I hinted before ; and why muft
we, under the Gofpel, fing' nothing elfe but the
Joys, Hopes, and Fears of Afaph and David ?
Why muft Chriflians be forbid all other Melody,
but what arifes from the Victories and Delive-
rances of the Jews ? David would have thought
it very hard to have been confin'd to the words of
Mofesy and fung nothing elfe, on all his Rejoicing-
Days, but the drowning of Pharaoh in the Fif-
teenth of Exodus. He might have fuppos'd it a
little unreafonable, when he had peculiar Occa-
fionsof mournful Mufick, if he had been forced
to keep clofe to Mofefs Prayer in the Ninetieth I
Ffalwy and always fung over the Shortnefs of hu- .
man Life, efpecially if he were not permitted ■
the Liberty of" a Paraphrafe: and yet the fpecial
Con-
t
I Preface, _ *^
Concerns of David and Mofes were much more
a-kin to each other, than ours are to either of
them ', and they were both of the fame Religion,
but ours is very different.
I T is true, that David has left us a richer Va-
riety of holy Songs, than all that went before
him ; but, rich as it is, 'tis ftill far fhort of the
glorious Things that we Chriftia?7s have to fing
before the Lord. We, and our Churches, have
our own fpecial Affairs as well as they : Now if by
a little Turn of their Words, or by the Change
of a fhort Sentence, we may exprefs our own
Meditations, Joys, and Defires in the Verfe of
thofe antient Tfahnifts, why fliould we be forbid
this fweet Privilege ? Why fhould we under the
Chriflian Difpenfation be tied up to Forms more
than the Jews themfelves were, and fuch as are
\ much more improper for our Age and State too ?
Let us remember that the very Power of Singing
was given to human Nature chiefly for this pur-
ipofe, that our own warm eft AfFeitions of Soul
: might break out into natural or divine Melody,
and that the Tongue of the Worfhipper might
exprefs his own Heart.
I Confess 'tis not unlawful, nor abfurd for
a Perfon of Knowledge and Skill in divine
things, to ling any part of the JewifJj Pfalm-
Book, and coniider it merely as the TVord of God 'j
from which, by wife Meditation, he may draw
fome pious Inferences for his own Ufe: for In-
ftru&ionis aliow'd to be one End of Pfalmody.
But where the words are obfeure Hebraifms, or
where the Poet perfonates a Jew, a Soldier, or a
King, fpeakingto himfelf, or to God, this Mode
of Inftru&ion in a Song feems not fo natural or
eafy even to the moil skilful Chriftian, and 'tis
" " ' almofl
xn Preface.
almofFimpradHcable to the greateft Part of Man-
kind : And both the Wife and the Weak muft
confefs this, that it does by no means raife their
own Devotion fo well, as if they were fpeaking
in their own Perfons, and expreffing their own
Senfe : Befides that the weaker Chriftian is ready
to chime in with the Words he fings, and ufe
them as his own, tho' they are never fo foreign
to his purpoie.
Now tho' it cannot be, that a large Book of
lively Devotions fhould be fo framed, as to have
every Line perfectly fuited to all the Circum-
ftances of every Worfhipper; but, after the
.Writer's utmoft Care, there will ftill be room
for Chriftian Wifdom to exercife the Thoughts
aright in Singing, when the Words feem improper
to our particular Cafe : yet, as far as poffible,
every Difficulty of this kind fhould be remov'd,
and fuch Sentences fhould by no means be cho-
ien, which can fcarce be us'd, in their proper
Senfe, by any that are prefent.
I Could never perfuade myfelf, that the
bed way to raife a devout Frame in plain Ckri-
ftians*, was to bring a King, or a Captain^ into
their Churches, and let him lead and dictate the
Worihip in his own Style of Royalty, or in the
Language of a Field of Battle. Does every me-
nial Servant in the Aflembly know how to ufe
thefe Words devoutly ? (viz.) When I receive the
Congregation-^ I will 'judge uprightly ; Pfal. lxxv. 2.
A Bovj of Steel is broken by mine Arms. As
foon as they hear of me^ they [hall obey me{
Pial.xviii. 34,44., Would I encourage aParilh-
Clerk to ftand up in-the midft of a Country-
Church, and bid all the People join with his
Words, and ggg Ivjillpra/fe thee upn a PJaltery;
Oh
P_R E F A C B, XJU_
or, I ij/// 0/>£« «?/ dark Saying upo?i the Harp :
when even our Cathedrals ling only to the
Sound of an Organ, moft of the meaner Churches
can have no Mufick but the Voice, and orhers
will have none belides? Why then muft all
who will ling a Pfalm at Church, life fuch words,
as if they were to play upon Harp and Pfaltery,
when Thoufands never law fuch an Inftrument^
and know nothing of the Art ?
You will tell me, perhaps, that when you take
thefeExprefficnsupon your Lips, you mean only,
That you 'will vjorfiip God according to his Ap-
pointme?it ?iovjy even as David ivorjbipped him m
his Day , according to God's Appointment then.
But why will ye confine your felves to fpeak
one thing, and mean another? Why muft we
be bound up to fuch Words, as can never be ad-
drefs'd to God in their own Senfe ? And lince
the Heart of a Chriftian cannot join herein with
his Lips, why may not his Lips be led to fpeak.
his Heart ? Experience itfelf has often fhewn,
that it interrupts the holy Melody, and fpoils the
Devotion of many a fincere Good Man or Wo-
man, when , in the midft of the Song, fome
Speeches of David have been almoft impos'd
[upon their Tongues, where he relates his ov/n
Troubles, his Banifhment, or peculiar Delive-
I ranees ,- where he fpeaks like *Je<vjiJb Prince,
jaMufician, or a Prophet; or where the Senfe
[is foobfeure, that it cannot be underftood with-
out a learned Commentator.
Here I may with Courage addrefs myfelf
to the Heart and Confcience of many pious and
obferving Chriftians, and ask them, Whether
they have not found a moft divine Pleafure in
Singing, when the Words of the Pfalm have
i happily
xiv Preface.
happily exprefs'd their Frame ot Soul? Have you
not felt a new Joy fpring within you, when you
could fpeak your own Defires and Hopes, your
own Faith, Love, and Zeal in the Language of
the Holy Pfalmift ? Have not your Spirits taken
wing, and mounted up near to God and Glory,
with the Song of David on your Tongue ? But on a
fudden the Clerk has proposed the next Line to
your Lips, with dark Sayings and Prophecies, with
Burnt-Offerings or Hyffop, with New-Moons,
and Trumpets, and Timbrels in it, with Confejjion
of Sins which you never committed, with Caw-
flaints of Sorrows fuch as you never felt, curfing
fuch "Enemies as you never had, giving Thanks for
fuch Viclories as you never obtain'd, or leading
you to fpeak, in your own Perfons, of Things,
Places, and Actions, that you never knew. And
how have all your Souls been difcompos'd at
once, and the Strings of Harmony all untuned!
You could not proceed in the Song with your
Hearts, and your Lips have funk their Joy, and
faultered in the Tune ; you have been baulked
and afhamed, and knew not v/hether it were beft
to be filent, or to follow on with the Clerk and
the Multitude, and fing with cold Devotion, and
perhaps in Darknefs too, without Thought or
Meaning.
Let it be replf J here. That to prevent this
Inconvenience, fuch Pfalms or Sentences may be
always omitted by him that leads the Song, or may
have a more ufeful Turn given in the Mind ofthofe
that fing. But I anfwer, Since fuch Pfalms or
Sentences are not to be fung, they may be as well
omitted by the Tranflator, or may have a mo&
ufeful Turn given in the Verfe, than it is poffible
for all the Singers to give on a fudden in their
Minds. Andlhis is aU that I contend for.
I
Preface.
xv
1 CoME therefore to the Third Thing I propo-
fed, and that is to explain my own Defign, which
in fliort is this ; (viz.) To accommodate the Book
of Yfalms to Chriflian JVor/bip. And in order to
this, 'tisneceirary to diveft David an J Afaph^ Sec.
of every other Character but that of a Yfalmift
and a Sa int, and to make them always fpeak the
[common Senfe of a Chriflian.
Attempting the Work, with this View,
| have entirely omitted fome whole Pfalms, and !
large Pieces of many others j and have chofen, ;
out of all of them, fuch Parrs only, as might eafily
and naturally be accommodated to the various
Occafionsof the Christian Life, oratleaft might
afford us fome beautiful Alluiion to Chriftian Af-
fairs. Thefe I have copy'd and explain'd in the
(general Style of the Gofpel; nor ha^e I confin'd
'my Exprellions to any particular Parry or Opinion;
that in Words3 prepar'dforpublick Worfliip, and
for the Lips of Multitudes, there might no: be a
Syllable offenfive to fincere Chniiians, whofe |
Judgments may differ in the iefTer Matters of Re-
ligion.
Where the Pfalmift ufes {"harp Inve&ives a-
gainft his perfonal Enemies, I have endeavour'd
to turn the edge of them againft our fpirirual Ad-
verfaries. Sin, Satarnzn&Te?7?ptation. Where the
Flights of his Fai'h and Love are fublime, I have
often funk rhe Expreffions within the reach of an
ordinary Chriftian : Where the Words imply
fome peculiar Wants or Diftrefies, Joys or Blef-
g, I have ufed Words of greater Latitude and
Comprehenfion, fuited to the general Circum-
ftances of Men.
Where
xvi Preface
Where the Original runs in the Form of Pro-
phecy concerning Chrifl and his Salvation, I have
given an Hiftorical Turn to the Senfe : There is
no.neceffity that we ihould always fing in the pb-
fcure and doubtful Style, of predi&ion, when the
Things foretold are brought into open Light by a
full Accomplifhment. Where the Writers of the
New Teftament have cited or alluded to any part
of the Pfalms, I have often indulged the Liberty
of Paraphrafe, according to the words of Chrifl,
or his Apoftles. And furely this may be efteem'd
the Word of God fill, tho' borrowed from feveral
Parts of the Holy Scripture. Where thePfalmift
defcribes Religion by the Fear of God,! have often
joiridFaith and Love to it: Where he fpeaks of
the Pardon of Sin, thro' the Mercies of God, I have
added the Blood ox Merits of a Saviour : Where he
talks of facrificing Goats or Bullocks, I rather
chufe to mention the Sacrifice of Chrifl, the Lamb
of God: When he attends the Ark with Shouting
into Zion, I fing the Afcenfon of my Saviour into
Heaven, or his Pre fence in his Church on Earth ;
where he promifes abundance of Wealthy Honour?
and long Life, I have changed fome of thefe Ty-
jt>/WBleffings for Grace, Glory, and Life Eternal,
which are brought to Light by the Gofpel, . and
promis'd in the New Teftament : And I am fully
fatisfy'd, that more Honour is done toourBlefled
Saviour, by fpeaking his Name, his Graces, and
Actions, in his own Language, according to the
brighter Difcoveries he hath now made, than by
going back again to the jeivifi Forms of Worfhip,
and the Language of Types and Figures
All Men will confefs this is juffi and neceflfary
in Preaching and Praying ', and I cannot find a
Reafon why we Ihould not fing Praifes alfo in a
manner
manner agreeable to the prefent and more glorious
Difpenfation. No Man can be perfuaded, that
to read a Sermon of the Royal Preacher out of
the Book of Ecclefaftes^ or a Prayer out of
Ezra or Daniel, is fo edifying to a Chriftian
Church, (tho' they were infpir'd) as a well-com-
pos'd Prayer or Sermon deliver'd in the ufual
Language of the Gofpel of Chrifl. And why
iliould the very Words of the Sweet-Singer of If
rael be efteem'd fo neceffary to Chriftian Pfal-
mody, and the Jeuiiflj Style fo much preferable
to the Evangelical^ in our religious Songs of
Praife?
Now fince it appears fo plain, that the He-
brew F falter is very improper to be the precife
Matter and Style of our Songs in a Chriftian
Church ; and fince there is very good Reafon to
. believe that it is left us, not only as a moft valua-
ble Part of the Word of God, for our Faith and
Pra&ice, but as an admirable and divine Pattern of
fpiritual Songs and Hymns under the Gofpel ,* I
have chofen rather to imitate than to tranjlate ,
and thus to compofe a Vfabn-Book for Chriftians
after the manner of the \Jeivijb I falter.
I f I could be perfuaded, that nothing ought
to be fung in Worfhip, but what was of immediate
| Infpiration from God, furely I would recommend
Anthems only j (viz.) thePfalms themfelves, as
we read them in the Bible, fet to Mufick as they
are fung by Choriftersin our Cathedral Churches ;
For thefe are neareft to the Words of Infpiration j
and we rauft depart far fVom thofe Words, if we
turn them into Rhyme and Metre of any fort.
And upon the foot of this Argument, even The
Scotch Verfony which has been fcrmuch com-
mended for its Approach to the Original, would
1 be unlawful, as well as others. But
xviii Preface.
But fince I believe that any Divine Sentence,
^ot ChrifiianVerfe, agreeable to Scripture, may-be
jfung, tho'it be compos'd by Men uninfpir'd; I
have not been fo curious and exad in ftriving
I every where to exprefs the antient Senfe and
Meaning of David; but have rather exprefs'd
I myfelf, as I may fuppofe David would have done,
had he lived in the Days of Chriftianity. And
by this means, perhaps, I have fometiraes hit
upon the true Intent of the Spirit of God in thofe
Verfes, farthci and clearer than David himfelf
could ever difcover, as St. Peter encourages me
to hope, i Pet.i. n, 12. where he acknowledges
that the antient Prophets who foreteld of the
Grace that fbould come to us, were in fome mea-
fure ignorant of this great Salvation ', for tho'
they tefiiffd of the Sufferings of Ckrift and his
Glory, yet they were forced to fear do and enquire
after the meaning of what they fpake or wrote.
In feveral other Places, I hope my Reader will
find a natural Expofition of many a dark and
doubtful Text, and fome new Beauties and
Connexions of Thought difcover'd in the
Je<wifb Poet, tho' not in the Language of a Jew.
In all Places I have kept my grand Defign in view,
and that is, to teach my Author to fpeak like a
Chrifiian. For why fh ould I now addrefs God my
Saviour in a Song^vY^ Burnt-Sacrifces of Fat lings,
and <with the Incenfe of Rams ? Why fliould I
pray to be fprinkled with Hyjfop, or recur to the
Blood of Bullocks aitd Goats ? Why fhould I bind
my Sacrifice with Cords to the Horns of an Altar, or
fing the Praifes of God to high -founding Cymbals,
when the Gofpelhas fhewn me a nobler Atone-
ment for Sin, and appointed a purer and more
fpiritual Worfhip ? Why muft I join with David,
in his Legal or Prophetick Language, tocurfe my
Enemies, when my Saviour, in his Sermons,
} has
Pre f ac*. Itric
has taught me to love and blefs (them ? Why
may not a Chrifiian omit all thofe Partakes of
the jfevrifb Pfalmift, that tend to fill the Mind »
with overwhelming Sorrows,def pairing Thoughts,
or bitter perfonal Refentments, none of which;
are well felted to the Spirit of Chriftianity,
which is a Difpenfation of Hope, and Joy,
and Love? Whit need is there that I
fhould wrap up the Alining Honours of .my Re-
deemer in the dark and fhadowy Language of a
Religion, that is now for ever abolifhed ; ef- .
pecially when Chriftians are (o vehemently warn-
ed, in the Epiftles of St. Paul, againft a Juda-
izing Spirit, in their Worfhip as well as Doc-
trine? And what Fault can there be in en-
larging a little on the more ufeful Subjecls in the
Style of the Gofpel, where the Pfalm gives any
Occafion, fince the whole Religion of the Jews
[is cenfur'd often in the New Teftamentas a de-
fective and imperfect Thing?
Tho' I have aimed to provide for a Variety of
Affairs in the Chrifiian Life, by the different Me^
tres,Parapbrafes,m&Divifions ofthePfalms, (of
which I ihall fpeak particularly }) yet, after all,
there are a great many Circumftances that attend
Common Chrifiians, which cannot be agreeably ex-
prefs'd by any Paraphrafeon the words of David;
and for thefe I have endeavoured to provide in my
Book of Hymns, that Chriftians might have fome-
thing to fing in Divine Worfhip, anfwerable to
, moft, or all their Occafions. In the Preface to that
Book, I have (hewn the Infufficiency of the
common Verfions of the Pfalms, and given
further Reafons for my prefent Attempt.
I Am not fo vain as to expedt, that the few
fhort Hints I have mentioned in that Preface, or
in this, fhould be fufficient to juftify my Per-
formances
M Prefa c b- L
formances in the Judgment of all Men, nor to
convince and fatisfy thofe who have long main-
tained different Sentiments. All ^fee Favour
therefore that I defire of my Readers, is this, that
they would not cenfure this Work till they have
read my Difcourfe of Ffalmody, which I hope
will fhortly be publifh'd ,• but let them read it
with ferious Attention, and bring with them a
generous and lincereSoul, ready to be convinced
and to receive Truth wherefoever it can be found.
In that Treadle I have given a large and parti-
cular Account how the Pfalms of Jewifh Com-!
pofure ought to be tranflated for Chriftian Wor-
ship, and juftify'd the Rules I lay down by fuch
Reafons, as feem to carry in them moil plentiful
Evidence, and a fair Convi&ion.
I f I might prefume fo much, I would intreat
them alfato forget their younger Prejudices for a
Seafon, fo far as to make a few Experiments of
thefe Songs ; and try whether they are not fuited,
thro' Divine Grace, to kindle in them a Fire of
Zeal and Love, and to exalt the willing Soul to
an Evangelic Temper of Joy and Praife. And
if they fhall find, by fweet Experience, any de-
vout Affe&ions rais'd, and a holy Frame of Mind
awakened within them by thefe Attempts of Ckri-
pan Pfatmiftry ; I perfuade myfelf, that I fhall
receive their Thanks, and be affifted by their
J Prayers towards the Recovery of my Health,
and my publick Labours in the Church otChrifl.
Whatfoever Sentiments they had formerly en-
tertain'd, yet furely they will not fuffer their old
and doubtful Opinions to prevail againft their own
inward Senfations of Piety and Religious Joy.
Before I conclude, I muftaddafew Things
concerning my Divifionof the Pfalms, and my
Manner of Verfifying. - Of
R E F A C E, XXI
Of the T>iviJionof the Tfalms.
I N many of thefe facred Songs, it is evident,
that the Pfalmift had feveral diftintf: Cafes in view
at the fame time : As Pfalm lxv. the firft four or
five Verfes defcribe the Temple-Worpp of Prayer
and Praijfij the following Verfes reprefent the
Providence of God hi the Seafons of the Year. So
in Pfahn lxviii. the firft fix Verfes declare the
Majefy and Mercy of God, and from the 7th
Verfe to the 16th, Ifraelis brought from Egypt, to
fix Divine Worfhip at Jerufalem. The 17th and I
18th are a Prophecy of xheAfcenfion of Chrifl.
Verfe 24* &c. dckribesz Religious Proceffion^&cc. j
The like may be obferv'd in many other Pfalms, ;
efpecially fuch as reprefent fome complicated;
Sorrows, or Joys of the Pfalmift. Now it is
not to be fuppos'd that Chriftians fhould have
all the fame diftincfc Occafions of Meditation,
Complaint or' Praife, much lefs all at the fame
time to be mentioned before God ; therefore
I have divided many Pfalms into feveral Parts,
and difpos'd them into diftindt Hymns on thofe
various Subjects, that may be proper Matter for
Chrifiian Pfalmody.
Besides, that exceffive long Tone of Voice,
that ftretches out every Syllable in our publick
Singing, allows us neither Time nor Spirits to
fing above fix or eight Stanza's at once, and
fometimes we make ufe of but three or four :
Therefore I have reduced almoft all the Work
into Hymns of fuch a Length, as may fuit the
ufual Cuftomof the Churches ; that they may
not fing broken Fragments of Senfe, as is too
often done, and fpoil the Beauty of this Wor-
. M- ^ _
xxu Preface,
jfhipi butmayfinifh a whole Song and Subject at
once.
For this end I have been forced to tranlpofe,
or omit, fomeof the Verfes j and by this means
(fomewillobjed) that I have left out fome ufe-
ful and fignificant Lines. Perhaps fo : But if I
had not, the Clerk would have left them out, to
fave the Time for other Parts of Worihip; and I
defire but the fame Liberty which he has to chuie
which Verfes fhall be fung. Yet I think it will
be feldom found that I have omitted any ufeful
Pfalm, or Verfe, whofe Senfe is not abundantly
repeated in other Parts of the Book ; and what
I have left out in one Metre, I have often infer-
ted in another.
When the Occafion or Subject are much
the fame throughout a long Pfalm, I have either
abridged the Verfes, or divided the Pfalm by
Paufes, after the French manner, (where the
Senfe would admit an Interruption) that the
Worlhip may not be tirefome.
Of the Verfe.
I Resign to Sir John Denham the Honour
ofthebeftPoet,if he had given his Genius but a
juft Liberty^ yet his Work will ever fhine
brighteft among thofe that have confined them-
felves to a mere Tranflation. But that clofe
Confinement has often forbid the Free4om and
Slory of Verfe, and, by cramping his Senfe,
lasrender'd it fometimestoo obfeure for a plain
deader and the publick Worfhip, even tho'we
iv'd in the Days of David and judaifin. Thefe
In-
Inconveniences he himfelf fufpe&s; and fears in
the Preface.
I Am content to yield to Mr. Milbourne the
Preference of his Poefy in feveral Parts of his
Pfalms, and to Mr. Tate and Dr. Brady, in fome
of theirs ; but in thofe very Places their Turns
of Thought and Language are too much raifed
above a vulgar Audience5 and fit only for Perfons
of an higher Education.
I Have not refufed, in fome few Pfalms,
to borrow a (ingle Line or two from thefc
three Authors; yet I have taken the moft free-
dom of that fort with Dr. Patrick, for his Style
beft agrees with my Defign, tho' his Verfe be
generally of a lower Strain. But where I have
ufed three or four Lines together of any Author,
I have acknowledged it in the Notes.
In fome of the more elevated Pfulms, I
lave given a little Indulgence to my Genius ;
and if it fhould appear that I have aimed at the
Sublime, yet I have generally kept within the
reach of an unlearned Reader. I never thought
the Art of fublime Writing confifted in flying
out of fight j nor am Iofthemindof the Italian^
who faid) Ob f cur it y begets Great nefs. I have
always avoided the Language of the Poets> where
it die! not fuitthe Language of the Gofpel.
In many of thefe Compofures^ I have juft
permitted my Verfe to rife above a fiat and in-
dolent Style j yet I hope it is every where fup-
ported above the juft Contempt of the Criticks :
tho' I am fenfible that I have often fubdued it
below their E flee m; becaufe I would neither
indulge any bold Metaphors, nor admit of hard
Words,
3 ~~
xxiv Preface,
Words, nor tempt an ignorant Wortfiipper to
fing without his Underftanding.
Tho' I -have attempted to imitate the facred
Beauties of my Author, in fome of the fprightly
Pfalms, fuch as Pfal. 45, 46, 49, 65, 72, 90,91,
104^ 114,115,139, &e. yet if my youthful Rea-
ders complain, that they expedted to find here
more elegant and beautiful Defcriptions with
which the facred Original abounds, let them
confider that fome of thofe Pieces of defcrip-
tivePoefy, are the flowery Elegancies peculiar to
Baftern Nations and antique Ages, and are much
too large alfo to be brought into fuch fhort Chri-
fiian Sonnets as are ufed in our prefent Worfhip j
almoil all thofe Pfalms I have contradied and
fitted to more fpiritual Devotion, as Pfal. 18,
68, 73, 78, 105, 106, 109, &c.
Of the Metre and Rhyme.
I Have formed myVerfe in the three mofl
ufual Metres to which our Pfalm-Tunes are fitted,
(viz) The Common Me tuy the Metre of the old
25th Pfalm, which I call Short Metre, and that
of the old 100th Pfalm, which I call Long Metre.
Befides thefe, I have done fome few Pfalms in
Stanza's of fix, eight, or twelve Lines, to the
beft of the old Tunes. Many of them I have
alfo caft into two or three Metres, not by leaving
out or adding two Syllables in a Line, whereby
others have cramped or ftretched their Verfe to
the Deftruftion of all Poefy ; but I have made
an intire new Song, and oftentimes, in the diffe-
rent Metres, 1 have indulged thofe different
Senfes, in which Commentators have explained
theinfpired Author: And if in one Metre I have
given
Preface. xxv
given the Loofe to a Paraphrafe, I have con-
fined myfeif to my Text in the other.
If I am charged by the Cri ticks for repeat-
ing the fame Rhymes too often, let them con-
fider, that the words, which continually recur
in Divine Poefy, admit exceeding few Rhymes
to them fit for facredUfe; thefe arc God, Worlds
Flejlj, Soul, Life, Death, Faith, Hope^ Heaven,
Earth, &c. which I think will make fufficient
Apology,* efpecially fince I have coupled all!
my Lines by Rhymes, much more than either
Mr. Tate or Dr. Patrick have done, which is
certainly moft mufical and agreeable to the. Ear,
where Rhyme is ufed at all.
I Must confefs I have never yet feen any
Verfion, or Paraphrafe of the P faints, in their
own Jvwijb Senfe, fo perfect as to difcourage all
further Attempts. But whoever undertakes the
noble Work, lee him bring with him a Soul de-
voted to Piety, an exalted Genius, and withal a
ftudious Application. For David's Harp abhors
a prophane Fingar, and difdains to anfwer to
an unskilful or a carelefs Touch. A meaner
Pen may imitate at a diftance, but a compleat
Tranflation, or a juft Paraphrafe, demands a rich
Treafury of Di&ion, and exalted Fancy, a quick
Tafte of devout Paffion, together with Judg-
ment ftridt and fevere to retrench every luxu-
riant Line, and to maintain a religious Sove-
reignty over the whole Work. Thus the PfaU
wifl of Ifrael might arife in Great Britain in all
his Hebrew Glory, and entertain the more know-
ing and polite Christians of our Age. But ftill I
am bold to maintain the great Principle on which
my prefent Work is founded , and that is,
That if the brighteft Genius on Earth, or an
B Angel
xxvr Preface.
Angel trom tieaven, fhouldtranflate David^md
keep clofe to the Senfe and Style of the infpired
Author, we fhotild only obtain thereby a bright
or heavenly Copy of the Devotions of the JewiJJj
Kwg'7 but it could never make the fitteft Pfahn-
Book for a Chriflian People.
I t was not my Defign to exalt myfelf to the
Rank and Glory of Poets j but I was ambitious
to be a Servant t^the Churches, and a Helper
to the Joy of the meaneft Chriftian. Tho'
there are many gone before me, who have
taught the Hebrew Pfalmift to fpeak Englifb,
yet I think I may aflume this Pleafure of being
the Firft who hath brought down the Royal Au-
thor into thq common Affairs of the Chriftian
Life, and led the Pfalmift of IJrael into the
Church of Chrifi^ without any thing of a Jeao
about him. And whenfoever there fhall appear
any Taraphrafe of the Book of Pfalms^ that re-
tains more of the Savour of David's Piety, dis-
covers more of the Style and Spirit of the
Gofpel, with a fuperior Dignity of Verfe, and
yet the Lines as eafy and flowing, and the Senfe
and Language as level to the loweft Capacity,
I fhall congratulate the World, and confent to
fay. Let this Attempt of mine be buried in Si-
lence.
'Till fuch a Work arife, I muft attend
thefe Evangelic Songs (which have Been the
Labour of fo many Years) with a devout Willi.
May that God, who has favoured me with
Life and Capacity to finifh this Work for the Ser-
vice of his Churches, after fo many Years of
tirefome Sicknefs and Confinement, accept this
humble Offering from a thankful Heart. May
the
p Jk
1 Fr eface, XXVlj
! the Lord, who dwelt of oldamidft the Praifes of
Ifrael, encourage and blefs this Eflay, to affifl
| Chriflians in the Work of Praife ! And may his
Churches exalt him here on Earth in the Language \
of his Gofpel and his Grace, till they fhall be
called up to Heaven and the noble Society above !
There David and Afaph have changed their an-
tient Stile, and the Song of Mo/is and of the
Lamb are one : There the Jews join with the Na-
tions, to exalt their God anc^edeemer in the
Language of Angels, and in the Strains of corn-
pleat Glory. Amen,
Advertifement to the R e a d e r s.
H E chief Defign of this Work was t$
improve Ffalmody, or Religious Sing-
ing, and to encourage the frequent Pra-
ctice of ft hi. -public AJfemblies and pri-
I vate Families with more Honour and Delight ', yet
the Author hopes the reading of it may alfo e?iter-
) tain the Far lour and the Clofet with devout V lea-
fur e and holy Meditations. Therefore he would
; requef his Readers, at proper Seafons, to perufe it
thro\ and among 340 facredHym?is they may find
Out fever al that fuit their own Cafe and Temper j
or the Circumfances of their Families and Friends $ \
they may teach their Children fuch as are proper
for their Age, and by treafuri?ig them in their Me-\
mory, they maybe fumij/fd for pious ~Retireme7it)\
or mayentertain their Friends with holy Melody,
Of chufing or finding the Pfalm.
The Peru fa! of the whole Book will acquaint
every Reader with the Authors Method, and by
B 2 con*
xxviu Preface.
confulting the Index, or Table of Contents at the
end, he may find Hymns very proper for many
Occafions of the Chriftian Life and Worjhip, tho[
no Copy of DavidV Pfalter can provide for all.
Or if he remember the firfl Line of any
Pfalm, the Table of the firfl Lines will direii
where to find it.
Or if anyjhall think it befi to fing all the Pfalms
in order in Churches or Families , it may be done with
Profit; provided thofe Pfalms be omitted, that re-
fer to fpecial Occurrences of Nations, Churches, or
Jingle Chrifiians.
Of Naming the Pfalms.
Let the Number of the Pfalm be named difiin£t-
ly-> together with the particular Metre, and parti-
cular Part of it : As for Inftance; Let us fing the ;
33d Pfalm, 2d Part, Common Metre ; or. Let 1
us fing the 91ft Pfalm, 1 ft Part, beginning at the
Paufe, or ending at the Paufe ', or, Let us ling the
84th Pfalm as the 148th Pfalm, <&c. And then
read over the firfl Stanza before you begin to fing,
that the People may find it in their Books, whether
you fing with or without reading Line by Line.
'." Of Dividing the Pfalm.
o
I V the Pfalm be too long for the Time or Cufiom of
Singing,there arePmfes in many of 'em at which you
may properly reft : Or you may leave out thofe Verfes
i which are included in Crotchets [ ] without difturb-
ing the Senfe : Or in fome Places you may begin to
fing at a Paufe.
Do
Preface. xxix
Do not always confine yourfelves to fix Stanza's,
but fmg [even or eighty rather than confound the
Senfe and abufe the Pfalm in folemn Worjhip.
Of the Manner of Singing.
It vuere to be <wiflfd that all Congregations and
private Families would fmg as they do in foreign
Protefiant Count ries, without reading Line by Line.
Tho the Author has done what he could to make the
Senfe compleat i?t every Line or two^ yet many In*
conveniences will always attend this unhappy Man*
ner ofSi?iging ; but where it cannot be alter' d^ theji
two things may give fome Relief
Firft5 Let as many as can do it £r//zg Pfalm-
Books with them^ and look on the Words while they
Jing0 fofar as to make the Senfe compleat.
Secondly, Let the Clerk read the whole Pfalm
over aloud before he begins to parcel out the Linesy
that the People may have jome Notion of what they
fmg j and not be forced to drag on heavily thro eight
tedious Syllables without a?iy Meaiting^ till the next
Line come to give the Senfe of them.
I t vuere to be wiflfdalfo^ that voe might not dwell
fo long upon every fngle Note, and produce the Syl*
tables tofuch a tire fome Lxtent with a con f ant Uni-
formity of Time ; which difgraces the Mufick^ and
puts the Co7igregation quite out of Breath infnging
five or fix Stanza's : vjhereas if the Method of
Singing were but reform d to a greater Speed in Pro*
nunciation^ <we might often enjoy the Pleafure of a\
longer Pfalm with lefs Expence of Time and Breath;
and our Pfalmody would be more agreeable to that
B3 of
xxx Preface.
• of the antient Churches, more intelligible to other 's9
and more delightful to our f elves.
The various Meafuresof the Verfe are fitted j
to the Tunes of the Old Psalm-Book.
To the Common Tunes fng all entitled Common \
Metre.
To the Tunes of the ioothPfalm Jfeg all entitled
Long Metre.
To the Tune of the 25 th Vklmfmg Short Metre. :
To the 50th V&Xxxxpng one Metre of the ^odi, 93 d.
To the 1 12th or 127th Pfalm fing one Metre of the
104th and 148th.
7b //^ 1 1 3 th ¥ Mm fing one Metre of the 1 9th, 3 jd,
58th, 89th;, lafi Part, 96th, 112th, 113th.
To the i22d Pfalm/#g one of the Metres of the 93d,
I22d5 ^?^i33d.
To the 148th V&mfwgone Metre oft he 84th, 1.21ft,
136th, and 148th.
j 7b ^ New Tune /;/£ 0#e iliitfre of the 50th; *//*/ '
115th.
Dec. i&, 171S.
THE
PSALMS of DAVID
Imitated
In the La n g u a g e of the
New Teftament.
ua
Psalm I. Common Metre.
The Way and End of the Righteous and the
Wicked.
I.
Blest is the Man who fhuns the Place
Where Sinners love to meet;
Who fears to tread their wicked Ways,1
And hates the Scoffer's Seat*
n.
But in the Statutes of the Lord,
Has plac'd his chief Delight j
£.4 fc
¥8 ALM L<
ByT^HTreaBs or bears the Word,
And meditates by Nishc.
Ill *
[He like a Plant of generous Kind
By living Waters let,
Safe from the Storms and blafting Wind,
Enjoys a peaceful State.l
IV.
Green as the Leaf, and ever fair
Shall his Profeflion fhine :
While Fruits of Holinefs appear
Like Clutters on the Vine,
v.
Not fo the Impious and Unjuft ;
What vain Deligns they form !
Their Hopes are blown away likeDuft,
Or Chaff before the Storm.
VI.
Sinners in Judgment fhall notftand
Amongft the Sons of Grace,
When Chrifl the Judge at his Right-hand
Appoints his Saints a Place,
VII.
His Eye beholds the Path they tread,
His Heart approves it well ,-
But crooked Ways of Sinners lead
Down to the Gates of Hell.
In this Work I have often borrowed a Line or two from the
,New Teftament 5 that the excellent and infyired Composures of
\the Jewifh Pfalmiji may be brightened by the clearer Difccveries
of the Gofpeh
Stanza 6. He fliall fet the Sheep at the Right-Hand, &c.
Matt. 25. 33,
Psalm
Psalm I.
Psalm I Short Metre.
The Saint Happy, the Sinner Miferable.
I.
Th e Man is ever bleft
Who fhuns the Sinner's Ways,
Among their Counfels never ftands,
Nor takes the Scorner's Place.
II.
But makes the Law of God
His Study and Delight,
Amidft the Labours of the Day,
And Watches of the Night.
III.
He Like a Tree fhall thrive,
With Waters near the Root :
jFrefh as the Leaf his Name fhall live,"
His Works are heavenly Fruit.
IV.
Not fo th* ungodly Race,
They no fuch Bleffings find :
Their Hopes fhall flee like empty Chaff
Before the driving Wind.
How will they bear to ftand
Before that Judgment-Seat,
Where all the Saints at Chrift's Right-hand
In full Aflfembly meet ?
VI.
He knows, and he approves
The Way the Righteous go ;
But Sinners and their Works fhall meet !
A dreadful Overthrow.
B j Psalm;
*T~ Psalm I.
JL '~m z z ;
Psalm I. Long Metre. ^ ]
The Difference between the Righteous and the
Wicked.
I.
Happy the Man, whofe cautious Feet '
Shun the broad Way that Sinners go,
I Who hates the Place where Atheifts meet,
Ate^rfears to talk as Scoffers do.
IL
He loves t'employ his Morning-Light
Amongft the Statutes of the Lord ;
And fpends the wakeful Hours of Night>
With Pleafure pond'ring o'er the Word,
ill.
He, like a Plant by gentle Streams,
Shall flourifh in immortal Green ;
And Heav'n will (hine with kindeft Beams
On ev'ry Work his Hands begin.
IV.
] But Sinners find their Counfels croft y
t As Chaff before the Tempeft flies,
; So (hail their Hopes be blown and loft,
When the laft Trumpet (hakes the Skies,
v.
In vain the Rebel feeks to ftand
In Judgment with the pious Race ;
"The dreadful Judge with ftern Command
Divides him to a different Place..
VI.
" Strait is the Way my Samts have trod,
" I bieft the Path, and drew it plain*
11 Rut you would chufe the crooked Roadr
?• And down it leads to endlefs Pain.
Stan*
t ; ^_
P ur,M TJr .f
Stan. I. line 2* &St. 6. /. 4. Broad is the Way that leads te
Deftruaion, Matt. 7. 13, 14.
St* 4. /. 4« At the laft Trump, &c. 1 Cor, 15. 52.
Psalm II. Short Metre.
Tranflated according to the Divine Pattern,.
Afts 4. 24, &c.
C/;r//2 Dying, Rifing^ Interceding, and
Reigning.
I.
[ A yT a ke r and Sovereign Lord
IV J. Of Heaven, and Earth, and Seas,
Thy Providence confirms thy Word,
And aniwers thy Decrees.
II.
The Things fo long foretold
By David are fulfilled,
\ When Jews and Gentiles join'dto flay
ye/us, thine Holy Child.]
■ HI.
Why did the Gentiles rage,
And Jews with one accord
Bend all their Counfels to deftroy
Th* Anointed of the Lord ?
IV.
Rulers and Kings agree
To form a vain Defign' ;
Againft the Lord their Powers unite,
Againft his Chriftthey join,
v.
The Lord derides their Rage,
And willfupport his Throne ;
He that hath rais'd Him from the Dead,
Hath own'd Him for his Sop,
Pause*
Psalm II.
Pause.
VI.
Now he's afcended high,'
And asks to rule the Earth ;
The Merit of his Blood he pleads^'
And pleads his heavenly Birth.
VII.
He asks, and God beftows
A large Inheritance ;
Far as the World's remoteft Ends
His Kingdom fhall advance.
VIII.
The Nations that rebel
Muft feel his Iron Rod ;
He'll vindicate thofe Honours well
Which he receiv'd from God.
IX.
[Be wife, ye Rulers, now,
And worfhip at his Throne ;
With trembling Joy, ye People, bow
To God's exalted Son.
x.
If once his Wrath arife,
Ye perifh on the Place :
Then bleifed is the Soul that flies
For Refuge to his Grace.]
St. i. I. i. Lord thou art God who haft made Heaven—
Whob the Mouth of thy Servant D^^/^Thaft faid, Why did
the H athen rage, &c. Aclz 4. 24, &c,
St. 1. /. 3. To do whatfoever thy Hand and thy Counfel
determined to be done, &c. v. 28. And federal other Lines of
this Verjion are evidently borrowed from the fuller Difccveries of
Chrift in the New Teftament.
St. 8, Shall rule the Nations with a Rod of Iron, even as
I received of my Father, Rev. 2, 27.
Psalm
Psalm lYT~
Psalm II. Common Metre.
i.
r did the Nations join to flay
he Lord's Anointed Son ?
VV The Lord's Anointed Son ?
Why did they caft his Laws away,
And tread his Gofpeldown ?
II.
The Lord that fits above the Skies,
Derides their Rage below,
He fpeaks with Vengeance in his Eyes,
And ftrikes their Spirits thro,
ill.
c I call him my Eternal Son,
u Andraife him from the Dead:
I make my holy Hill his Throne,
<c And wide his Kingdom fpread.'
IV.
*' Ask me, my Son, and then enjoy
€f The utmoft Heathen Lands :
f1 Thy Rod of Iron (hail deftroy
M The Rebel that withftands.
v.
Be wife, ye Rulers of the Earth,
Obey th* Anointed Lord ;
Adore the King of heav'nly Birth;
And tremble at his Word.
VI.
With humble Love addrefs his Throne,
For if he frown, ye die :
Thofe are fecure, and thofe alone
Who on his Grace rely.
P S A L M
g $S ALM II.
Psalm IT. Long Metre.
Cfmfi's Death, RefurreBion and Afcenfion.
I.
TIThy did the^w proclaim their Rage?
TheRowans why theirS words employ?
i Againft the Lord their Powers engage
\ His dear Anointed to deftroy ?
II.
cc Come, let us break his Bands, they fay •
f <c This Man fliall never give us Laws :
| And thus they caft his Yoke away,
And nail'd the Monarch to the Crofs.
III.
But God, who high in Glory reigns,
• Laughs at their Pride, their Rage controuls-
He'll vex their Hearts with inward Pains5<
Andfpeak in Thunder to their Souls.
IV.
cc I will maintain the Ring I made
u On Zions everlafting Hill,
I cc My Hand (hall bring him from the Dead,
" And he fhall ftand your Sovereign ftill.
j [His wond'rous Rifing from the Earth
■ Makes his eternal Godhead known ;
The Lord declares his heavenly Birth;,
" This Day have J begot my Son.
VI.
* Afcend, my Son, to my Right-hand,
<c There, thou (halt ask, and I bellow
<cThe utmoft Bounds of Heathen Lands i
' T To thee the Northern Ides fhall bow.]
Psalm II. jk
VII.
But Nations that refift his Grace,
Shall fall beneath his Iron Stroke ;
His Rod fhall crufhhis Foes with Eafe*
As Potter's Earthen Work is broke.
Pause.
VIII.
Now ye that fit on earthly Thrones,
Be wife, and ferve the Lord, the Lamb;
Now at his Feet fubmit your Crowns,
Rejoice and tremble at his Name.
IX.
With humble Love addrefs the Son,
Left he grow angry, and ye die ;
His Wrath will burn to Worlds unknown,
If ye provoke his Jealoufy.
His Storms /hall drive you quick to Hell,
He is a God, and ye but Duft :
Happy the Souls that know him well,.
And make his Grace their only Truft.
Stan. 5* Declared to be the Son of God with Power by hi9
' Refurrection from the Dead, Rom. 1.4.
P s a l m III. Common Metre.
Doubts and Fears fuppreft ; or, God our De~
fence from Sin and Satan.
I.
My God, how many are my Fears I
How faft my Fees increafe l
Confpiring my eternal Death,
They break my prefent Peace.
II.
The lying Temprer would perfuade
There';, no Relief in Heaven ;
And
iq Psalm III
And all my fwelling Sins appear
Too big to be forgiven;
But thou, my Glory and my Strength,'
Shalt on the Tempter tread,
Shalt filenceall my threatening Guilt,
And raife my drooping Head.
CI cry'd, and from his holy Hill
He bow'd a lift'ning Ear ;
I call'd my Father and my God,
And he fubdu'd my Fear,
v.
He (bed £vfk Slumbers on mine Eyes^
In fpight of all my Foes ;
I Voke, and wonder'd at the Grace
That guarded my Repofe.]
vr.
What tho the Hofts of Death and Hell
All arm'd againft me flood,
.Terrors no more fliall fhake my Soul ;
My Refuge is mv God.
VII.
Arife, O Lord, fulfil thy Grace,,
While I thy Glory fing :
My God has broke the Serpent's Teeth*
And Death has loft his Sting.
VIII.
Salvation to the Lord belongs,
His Arm alone can fave :
Bleffings attend thy People here,
And reach beyond the Grave.
In this P faint I have changed David's f erf on al Enemies into
the fpiritual Enemies of every Chriftian, (viz.) Sin, Satan,
&c« and have mentioned the Serpent, the Tempter, the Guilt of
Sin,
Psalm III. 1 1
Sift, and the Sting of Death, WObicb arc War&i Will ft**** in
fbe New Teftement.
P slam III. 1,2,3,4,^8. Long Metre.
A Morning Pfalm.
I.
OL o r d, how many are my Foes,
In this weak State of Flefh and Blood !
My Peace they daily difcompofe,
But my Defence and Hope is God.
II. i
Tir'd with the Burdens of the Day;
To thee I rais'd an Evening Cry :
Thou heard'ft when I began to pray,
And chine Almighty Help was nigh.
Supported by thine heavenly Aid,
I laid me down, and flept fecure :
Not Death fhould make my Heart afraid,
Tho I fliould wake and rife no more,
IV.
But God futtain'd me all the Night J
Salvation doth to God belong :
He rais'd my Head to fee the Light,
And make his Praife my Morning-Song.*
In the ^d and $tb Pfalms, there is a Verfe or tivo that jbew
the one to be writ in the Morning, the other in the Evening j
•wherefore I have chofen out thofe Parts that feem mcjl eajily ap-
plicable, and have turned them into a Morning and Evening Song*
Psalm IV. i, 2, 3, 5, <5, 7. Long Metre.
Hearing of Prayer ; or, God our Portion^ and
Cbrifi our Hope.
I.
OG o d of Grace and Righteoufnefs,
Hear and attend when I complain :
Thou
12 Psalm IV. .
Thou haft enlarged me in Diftrefs,
Bow down a gracious Ear again.
Ye Sons of Men, in vain ye try
To turn my Glory into Shame :
;How long will Scoffers love to lye,
'And dare reproach my Saviour's Name ?
in.
Know that the Lord divides his Saints
:From all the Tribes of Men befide ;
He hears the Cry of Penitents
For the dear Sake of Chrift that dy'd.
IV.
■When our obedient Hands have done
A thoufand Works of Righteoufnefs,
■We put our Truft in God alone,
And glory in his oard'nmg Grace.
L . v-
[Let the unthinking Many fay,
r Who will beftowfome Earthly Good ?
But, Lord, thy Light and Love we pray;
Our Souls defire this heav nly Food.
VI.
Then fhall my chearful Powers rejoice,
At Grace and Favour fo divine ;
Nor will I change my happy Choice
por all their Corn, and all their Wine.
Tho this Pfalm may not direclly intend the Mefliah, yet I
'have taken occajlon to apply fome Ex prejftons in it to Chrifi and
his Co/pel, I hope viith fome Advantage,, and without Offence*
Psalm
:!
~P$ALM Vf. TT
Psalm IV. 3, 4, 5> 8. Common Metre,
An Evening Pfalm.
I.
Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray j |
I am for ever thine,
I fear before thee all the Day,
Nor would I dare to fin.
II.
And while I reft my weary Head
From Cares and Bufinefs free,
"Tisfweet converting on my Bed
With my own Heart and Thee.
III.
I pay this Evening Sacrifice;
And when my Work is done,
Great God, my Faith and Hope relies
Upon thy Grace alone.
IV.
Thus with myThoughtscompos'd toPeace,
Til give mine Eyes to deep;
Thy Hand in Safety keeps my Days,
And will my Slumbers keep.
Psalm V.
For the Lord's- Day Mornings
I.
Lo r d, in the Morning thou (halt hear
My Voice afcending high:
To thee will I diredl my Prayer*
To thee lift up mine Eye.
II.
Up to the Hills where Chrifl is gone
To plead for all his Saints,
Prefenting at his Father's Throne
Our Songs and our Complaints.
_ IILJ
14 Psalm V.
in.
Thou art a God before whofe Sight
The Wicked (hall not ftand ;
Sinners fhall ne'er be thy Delight,
Nor dwell at thy Right-hand.
IV.
But to thy Houfe will I refort,
To tafte thy Mercies there ;
I will frequent thine holy Court,
And worfhip in thy Fear.
v.
O may thy Spirit guide my Feet
In Ways of Righteoufnefs !
Make every Path of Duty ftrait,
And plain before my Face.
Pause.
VI.
My watchful Enemies combine
To tempt my Feet altray ;
They flatter with a bafe Defign
To make my Soul their Prey.
VII.
Lord, crufh the Serpent in the Dull:,
And all his Plots deftroy;
While thofe that in thy Mercy truft
For ever fhout for Joy.
Vlil.
The Men that love and fear thy Name
Shall fee their Hopes fulfilled ;
iThe mighty Godwin compafs them
With Favour as a Shield,
!This Pfalm begins with the mention of Morning Prayer, anA
roceeds to theWorJhip of God in his Temple, which indinedmt
o entitle it, for a Lord's-Day Morning.
St. 2. and 5. Where any juji Occafion is given to make men-
ion of Chrift and the Holy Spirit, / refufe it not 5 and Jam
pr*
_L&alml3£L — — ±z-
terhaded'Dw&WoulJnct b.'ve ref.t.J it, bad be lived undcf
tie Go/pel, nor St. Paul, bad U witten a Pfalm-tiook.
,lm VI. Common .Meue.
Complain; in Sicknef. ; ,.i, Difeafis healed
<
In AngeM Lor i, r bi k'e x e not,
VVithci: v? the dreadful Storm;
Nor ler thy Fury | "ow iohot
Acainil a feeble Worm.
to II.
My Soul's bow'd down with heavy Cares,
My Flefh with Pain oppreft ;
My Couch is Witnefs to my Tears,
My Tears forbid my Reft.
III.
Sorrow and Pain wear out out my Days j
I wafte the Night with Cries,
Counting the Minutes as they pafs,
Till the flow Morning rife.
IV.
Shall I be flill tormented more ?
Mine Eye confum'd with Grief?
How long, my God, how long before
Thy Hand afford Relief?
v.
He hears when Dull: and Afhes fpeak,
He pities all our Groans,
He faves us for his Mercies fake,
And heals our broken Bones.
VI.
The Virtue of his Sovereign Word,
Reftores our fainting Breath :
For filent Graves praife not the Lord,
Nor is he known in Death.
Vexation
*£- P S A T, M VT.
Vexation by pergonal Enemies is not a conjlant Attendant of
Sicknefs ; therefore in this Verfion I have omitted it as a peculiar
• Circumflance of David's, fn the next Verfion I have changed
\ thefe Enemies for Temptations and defpairing Thoughts.
The $th Verfe of this Pfalm, which is a Plea in the Prayer>
i maybt naturally tranfpofed to the end, as a Ground of Praife*
Psalm VI. Long Metre.
Temptations in Sicknefs overcome.
I.
Lord, I can fuffer thy Rebukes,
When thou with kindnefs doft chaftife ,-
But thy fierce Wrath I cannot bear,
0 let it not againft me rife !
II.
(Pity my languifhing Eftate,
And eafe the Sorrows that I feel •
The Wounds thine heavy Hand hath made,
JO let thy gentler Touches heal !
III.
jSee how I pafs my weary Days
In Sighs and Groans ; and when 'tis Night,
iMy Bed is watered with my Tears :
;My Grief confumes and dims my Sight.
I Look how the Powers of Nature mourn !
How long, Almighty God, how long ?
When fhall thine Hour of Grace return ?
When fhall I make thy Grace my Song ?
1 feel my Flefh fo near the Grave,
My Thoughts are tempted to defpair;
But Graves can never praife the Lord,
For all is Duft and Silence there.
VI.
Psalm VII. u^
VI.
Depart, ye Tempters, from my Soul •
And alldefpairing Thoughts depart;
!My God, who hears my humbe Moan,
;WilI eafe my Flelh, and chear my Heart.
Part of the ^firfl Stanza's I have borrowed from Dr. Patrick,
being pitas" d ivitb the agreeable Turn be gives to David' J Senfen
Psalm VII.
God's Care of his People, and Punishment of
Perfecutors.
I.
My Truft is in my heavenly Friend,
My Hope in thee, my God ;
Rife, and my helpiefs Life defend
From -thole that feekmy Blood.
II.
With Infolence and Fury they
My Soul in pieces tear,
As hungry Lions rend the Prey
When no Deliverer's near.
III.
If I had e'er provok'd them firft,
Or once abus'd my Foe,
Then let him tread my Life to Duft,
And lay mine Honour low.
IV.
If there be Malice hid in me,
I know thy piercing Eyes,-
I fhould not dare appeal to thee,
Nor ask my God to rife,
v.
Arife, my God, lift up thy Hand,
Their Pride and Power controul;
Awake
/is j_salm virr
Awake to Judgment, and command,'
Deliverance for my Soul.
Pause.
VI.
Let Sinners and their wicked Rage
Be bumbled to the Duit;
Shall not the God of Truth engage
To vindicate the Tuft ?
VII.
He knows the Heart, he tries the Reins,
He will defend th* Upright :
His fharpeft Arrows he ordains
Againft the Sons of Spight.
VIII.
For me their Malice digg'd a Pit,
But there themfelves are caft;
My God makes all their Mifchief light
On their own Heads at laft.
IX.
That cruel perfecuting Race,
Muft feel his dreadful Sword ;
Awake my Soul, and praife the Grace
And Juftice of the Lord.
In this Pfalm lhave not ex aclly followed every Jingle Verfe of
the PfalmiJ}, but have endeavour ■ d to contrail the Subjlance of
it into fewer Lines > yet not without a regard to the literal Senfe
find Words alfo, as will appear by the Comparijon,
Psalm VIII. Short Metre.
God's Sovereignty and Goodnefs • and Man's
Dominion over the Creatures.
I.
OL o r d, our heavenly King,
Thy Name is all Divine ;
Thy Glories round the Earth are fpread>
And o'er the Heavens they fhine.
II.
Psalm VIII. rp
ii.
When to thy Works on high
I raife my wond'ring Eyes,
And fee the Moon, compleat in Light,
Adorn the darkfome Skies :
III.
When Ifurvey the Stars,
And all their Ihining Forms,
Lord, what is Man,that worthlefs Thing,
A-kin to Dud and Worms ?
IV.
Lord, what is worthlefs Man,
That thou fhould'ft love him fo ?
Next to thine Angels is he plac'd,
And Lord of all below,
v.
Thine Honours crown his Head,
While Beafts like-Slaves obey,
And Birds that cut the Air with Wings ^
And Fifh that cleave the Sea.
VI.
How rich thy Bounties are !
And wond'rous are thy Ways :
Of Duft and Worms thy Power can frame
A Monument of Praife.
VII.
[Out of the Mouths of Babes
And Sucklings thou canft draw
Surprizing Honours to thy Name,
And ftrike the World with Awe.
VIII.
O Lord, our heavenly King,
Thy Name is all Divine :
Thy Glories round the Earth arefpread*
And o'er the Heavens they fhine.1
J r. -*L
20 Psalm VIII.
St, 7. The tranfpojing of the ^d Verfe of this Pfalm toward
the End, <will not appear offenfi've, fmce the Connexion of it%
with the other Farts of the Pfalm, appears fo much more *vifible%
Psalm VIII. Common Metre.
Chrift's Condefcenfion and Glorification ; or,
God made Man.
I.
OLord, our Lord, how wondrous great
Is thine exalted Name !
The Glories of thy heavenly State
Let Men and Babes proclaim.
11.
When I behold thy Works on high,
The Moon that rules the Night,
And Stars that well adorn the Sky,
Thofe moving Worlds of Light :
III.
Lord, what is Man, or all his Race,
Who dwells fo far below,
That thou fhould'ft vifit him with Grace,
And love his Nature fo ?
IV.
That thine Eternal Son fhould bear
To take a mortal Form,
Made lower than his Angels are,
To fave a dying Worm ?
[Yet while he liv'd on Earth unknown,
And Men would not adore,
Th* obedient Seas and Fifties own
His Godhead and his Power.
The Waves lay fpread beneath his Feet ;
And Fifh, at his Command,
_^ Bring
Psalm VIIL ' 21
Bring their large Shoals to Peter*s Net,
Bring Tribute to his Hand,
b : vii.
(Thefe lefTer Glories of the Son
Shone thro the flefhly Cloud;
Now we behold him on his Throne,
And Men confefs him God.]
VIII.
Let him be crown'd with Majefty,
Who bow'd his Head to Death ;
And be his Honours founded high,
By all things that have Breath.
IX.
Jefusj our Lord, how wondrous great
Is thine exalted Name !
The Glories of thy Heavenly State
Let the whole Earth proclaim.
St. 4. If the Citation of Part of this Pfalm by the Apofile*
Heb. 2. 5, be but a mere Allt/Jion, yet it affords Ground
enough for the Turn I have given it in this VsrJionf and the
Application of it to Chrift.
Sn 6. /. 1. J ejus went to them walking on the Sea, Matt*
14. 25.
Line 2. He faid to Simon, Launch out, &c. ?.nd they en-
clofed a great Multitude of Fifties, Luke 5. 4, 6.
Ltn.^., Call an Hook, and take uptheFiih thou ihalt
find a Piece of Money, &c. Mat. ij*zj*
Psalm VIIL Verfe 1,2, Paraphrased.
"The Firfi Part. Long Metre.
The Hofanna of the Children ; or, Infants
praifing God.
A lmighty Ruler of the Skies,
Thro'the wideEanh thyNameisfpread,
And thine eternal Gioresrife
O'er all the Heavens thyHands have made,
c 1 I|,
22 JJSALM VIII.
II.
To thee ths Voices of the Young
A' Monument of Honour raife ;
And Babes, with uninftrufted Tongue,
Declare the Wonders of thy Praife.
III.
Thy Power affifts their tender Age
To bring proud Rebels to the Ground,
To ftill the bold Blafphemer's Rage,
And all their-Eolicies confound.
IV.
Children amidft thy Temple throng
To fee their Great Redeemer's Face ;
The Son of David is their Song,
And young Hof anna's fill the Place.
v.
The frowning Scribes and angry Priefts
In vain their impious Cavils bring ;
Revenge fits (ilentin their Breafts,
While Jewijb Babes proclaim their King.
The twofrfl Verfes are here paraphrased andexplaindby the
Hijlery of the Children crying Ho farina to Chrirt, Mat, 21. 15,
16. where our Saviour cites and applies thofe Words of the
Pfalmijl.
Psalm VIII. Verfe 3, &c Paraphras'd.
The Second Part. Long Metre.
Adam and Chrift, Lords of the Old and the
New Creation.
I.
LORD,what wasMan, when made at firft,
Adam the Offspring of the Duft,
That thou fhould'ft fet him and his Race
But juft below an Angel's Place ?
II.
That thoufhould'ft raife his Nature fo,
And make him Lord of ail below ;
Make
- P S A L M IX. 2±
Make every Beaft and Bird fubmit,
And lav the Fifhes at his Feet ?
J III.
But, O ! what brighter Glories wait
To crown the fecond Adam's State ?
What Honours fhall thy Son adorn,
Who condefcended to be born ?
IV.
See him below his Angels made ,•
See him in Duft amongft the Dead,
To fave a ruin'd World from Sin ;
But he (hall reign with Pow'r Divine.
The World to come, redeem'd from all
The Miieries that attend the Fall,
New-made, and glorious, (hall fubmic
At our exalted Saviour's Feet.
/ am perfuaded the true Meaning cf the Apojlle in citing the
Words cf this Pfalm, and apply i?ig them to cur Saviour, Heb.
2.5, &c. it tojheio that Chrift, the fecond Adam, mufi have
Dominion over the "New World, as Adam, the fir ft Man, had
ever the Old, and that he is truly and really Man, becaufe the
firji Adam is the Figure and Type of him in this his Dominion*
Psalm IX. The Fir/i Part.
Wrath and Mercy from the Judgment-Seat.
I.
With my wholeHeart Tllraife mySong,
Thy Wonders I'll proclaim,
ThouSovereign Judge of Right andWrong
Wilt put my Foes to (hame.
.'11 fing thy Majefty and Grace ;
My God prepares his Throne
To judge the World in Righteoufnefs,
And make his Vengeance known.
c 3 in.
24 Psalm IX,
in.
Then fhall the Lord a Refuge prove
For all the Pooroppreft ;
To fave the People of his Love,
Afld give the Weary Reft.
IV.
The Men, that know thy Name, will truft
In thy abundant Grace ;
For thou haft ne'er forfook the Juft,
Who humbly feek thy Face,
v.
Sing Praifes to the Righteous Lord,
Who dwells on Zions Hill,
Who executes his threatening Word^
And doth his Grace fulfill.
Psalm IX. Verfe 12. The Second Pan.
'The IVtfdorn and Equity of Providence*
t
T\7hen thegreatJudge,Suprerne andjuft,
y y Shall once enquire for Blood,
The humble Souls, that mourn in Duft,
Shall find a faithful God.
II.
He from the dreadful Gates of Death
Does his own Children raife :
In Zions Gates, with chearful Breath,
They fing their Father's Praife.
III.
His Foes (hall fall, with heedlefs Feet,
Into the Pit they made,
And Sinners perifh in the Net
That their own Hands had fpread.
17.
j Psalm X. 25
IV.
Thus by thy Judgments, mighty God,
Are thy deep Counfels known $
When Men of Mifchief are deftroy'd,
The Snare mu ft be their own.
Pause.
v.
The Wicked (hall fink down to Hell ;
Thy Wrath devour the Lands
That dare forget Thee, or rebel
Againft thy known Commands.
Tho' Saints to fore Diftrefs are brought,
'And wait and long complain,
Their Cries fhall not be ftill forgot,
Nor fhail their Hopes be vain.
VII.
[Rife, Great Redeemer, from thy Seat
To judge and fave the Poor ;
Let Nations tremble at thy Feet,
And Man prevail no more.
VIII.
Thy Thunder (hall affright the Proud,
And put their Hearts to pain,
Make 'era confefs that thou art God,
And they but feeble Men.]
Psalm X.
Prayer heard, and Saints fave d; or, Pridej
Atheifm, and Opprejjlon punifb d.
For a Humiliation-Day.
I.
h y doth the Lord ftand off fo far ?
And why conceal his Face,
C 4 When
w
26 Psalm X.
When great Calamities appear,
And Times of deep Diftrefs ?
II.
jLord, fhall the Wicked ftill deride
Thy Juftice and thy Power ?
Shall they advance their Heads in Pride,
And ftill thy Saints devour ?
ill.
They put thy Judgments from their fight,
And then infult the Poor ;
They boaft in their exalted Height,
That they fhall fall no more.
IV.
Arife, O God, lift up thine Hand,
Attend our humble Cry ;
No Enemy fhall dare to ftand
.When God afcends on high.
Pause.
v.
Why do the Men of Malice rage,
And fay with foolifh Pride,
V The God of Heaven will ne'er engage
<C 2o fight on Ziorw Side ?
VI.
But thou for ever art our Lord ;
And powerful is thine Hand,
As when the Heathens felt thy Sword,
And perifh'd from thy Land.
VII.
Thou wilt prepare our Hearts to pray,
And camt thine Ear to hear ;
He hearkens what his Children fay,
And puts the World in fear,
VIII.
i^SALM XL 27
VIII.
Proud Tyrants (hall no more opprefs,
No more defpife the Juit ;
And mighty Sinners (hall confefs
They are but Earth and Duft.
Psalm XI.
Godloves the Righteous , and hates the Wicked.
I.
My Refuge is the God of Love,
Why do my Foes infult and cry,
11 Fly like a timorous trembling Dove,
M To diftant Woods or Mountains fly ? 9i
II.
If Government be all deftroy'd,
(That firm Foundation of our Peace)
And Violence make Juftice void,
Where (hall the Righteous feek Redrefs ?
III.
The Lord in Heaven has fixt his Throne,
His Eye furveys the World below ;
To him all mortal Things are known,
His Eye-lids fearch our Spirits thro\
iv.
If he afflifts his Saints fo far
To prove their Love, and try their Grace,
What may the bold T ran fgreflors fear ?
His very Soul abhors their Ways,
v.
On impious Wretches he (hall rain
Tempefts of Brimftone, Fire, and Death,
Such as he kindled on the Plain
Of Sodom with his angry Breath,
VI.
The righteous Lord loves righteous Souls,
Whofe Thoughts and Actions are fincere,
C 5 And'
:iW Psalm XII.
And with a gracious Eye beholds
The Men that his own Image bear.
Psalm XII. Long Metre.
The Saints Safety and Hope in evil Times •
or. Sins of the "Tongue complain d ofy (viz.)
Blafphemyy Fa/Jbood, &c.
I.
"T ord, if thou doft not foon appear,
JLj Vertue and Truth will fly away ;
A faithful Man, amongft us here,
Will fcarce be found, if thou delay.
II.
The w hole Difcourfe, when Neighbours meet.
Is filled with Trifles loofe and vain :
Their Lips are Flattery and Deceit,
JAnd their proud Language is profane.
III.
But Lips, that with Deceit abound,
Shall not maintain their Triumph long ;
The God of Vengeance will confound
The Flattering and Blafpheming Tongue.
€C Yet (hall our Words be free, they cry ;
" OurTongues (hall be controuf d by none:
" Where is the Lord will ask us why ?
<c Or fay, our Lips are not our own ?
v.
The Lord, who fees the Poor oppreft,
And hears th'Oppreffor's haughtyStrain,
Will rife to give his Children Reft,
Nor fhall they truft his Word in vain.
VI.
Thy Word, O Lord, tho* often try'd,
Void of Deceit fhall ftill appear j
Psalm 3£ll. 29
Not Silver, feven times purify 'd
From Drofs and Mixture, fhines fo clear.
VII.
Thy Grace fliall, in the darkeft Hour
Defend the Holy Soul from Harm ;
Tho* when the vileft Men have Power
On every fide will Sinners fwarm.
Psalm XII. Common Metre.
Complaint of a general Corruption of Manners;*
or, The Promife and Signs of Chrift's
Coining to Judgment.
I.
Help, Lord, for Men of Vertue fail,
Religion lofes Ground ;
The Sons of Violence prevail,
And Treacheries abound.
II.
Their Oaths and Promifes they break,
Yet aft the Flatterer's part ;
With fair deceitful Lips they fpeak,
And with a double Heart.
ill.
If we reprove fome hateful Lye,
How is their Fury ftirr'd !
" Are not our Lips our own, they cry,1
<c And who /hall be our Lord V\
IV.
Scoffers appear on every fide,
Where a vile Race of Men
Is rais'd to Seats of Power and Pride,"
And bears the Sword in vain.
J PAVSSt
35" J^SALM XII.
Pause.
v.
Lord, when Iniquities abound,
And Blafphemy grows bold,
When Faith is hardly to be found,
And Love is waxing cold,
VI.
Is not thy Chariot haft'ning on ?
Haft thou not giv'n this Sign ?
May we not truft and live upon
A Promife fo Divine ?
VII.
" Yes, faith the Lord, now will I rife,
" And make Oppreflbrs flee ;
I fhall appear to their Surprize,
" And fet my Servants free.
VIII.
Thy Word, like Silver feven times try'd,
Thro' Ages fhall endure ;
The Men that in thy Truth confide,
Shall find the Promife fure.
St . 4. The laft Verje of this Pfalm may naturally be inferted
here.
St. 5. The Signs of Chrifi's Coming, mentioned in the New
Teftament, Mat. 24. 12. Luke 18. 8. ai-e abounding Iniquity,
Love waxing cold, and Faith fcarce to be found, andfeem
very much a-kin to the Senfe of this Pfakn.
Psalm XIII. Long Metre.
Pleading with God under Defer Hon j or, Hope
in Darknefs.
I.
How long^O Lord, (hall I complain
Like one that feeks his God in vain ?
J Can'ft thou thy Face for ever hide ?
And I ftill pray, and be deny'd ?
Psalm Xlli. 31
11.
Shall I for ever be forgot,
As one whom thou regardeft not ?
Still (hall my Soul thine Abfence mourn?
And ftill defpair of thy Return ?
ill.
How long fhall my poor troubled Breaft
Be with thefe anxious Thoughts oppreft ?
And Satan, my malicious Foe,
Rejoice to fee me funk fo low ?
IV.
Hear, Lord, and grant me quick Relief,
Before my Death conclude my Grief ;
If thou withhold thy heavenly Light,
I fleep in everlafting Night.
How will the Powers of Darknefs boaft,
If but one praying Soul be loft ?
But I have trufted in thy Grace,
And fhall again behold thy Face.
VI.
Whatever my Fears or Foes fuggeft,
Thou art my Hope, my Joy, my Reft ;
My Heart fhall feel thy Love, and raife
My chearful Voice to Songs of Praife.
Psalm XIIL Common Metre.
Complaint; under temptations of the Devil.
I.
How long wilt thou conceal thy Face ?
My God, how long delay ?
When fhall I feel thofe heavenly Rays,
That chafe my Fears away ?
11:
32 Psalm XIII.
ii.
How long fhall my poor lab'ring Soul
Wreftle and toil in vain ?
Thy Word can all my Foes controul,
And eafe my raging Pain.
III.
See how the Prince of Darknefs tries
All his malicious Arts,
He fpreads a Mift around my Eyes,
And throws his fiery Darts.
IV.
Be thou my Sun, and thou my Shield,
My Soul in Safety keep;
Make Hfte before mine Eye: are feal'd
In Death's Eternal Sleep,
v.
How would the Tempter boaft aloud
If I become his Prey !
Behold, the Sons of Hell grow proud
At thy fo long Delay,
VI.
But they fhall fly at thy Rebuke,
And Satan hide his HeadN;
He knows the Terrors of thy Look,
And hears thy Voice with Dread.
VII.
^Thou wilt difplay that Sovereign Grace,
Where all my Hopes have hung ;
\ I fhall employ my Lips in Praife,
And Victory (hall be fung,
Psalm
Psalm XIV. 33
Psalm XIV. Firft Part.^
By Nature all Men aye Sinneysl
I.
Fools in their Heart believe and fay,
" That all Religion's vain,
!' There is no God that reigns on high,
c Or minds th* Affairs of Men.
II.
From Thoughts fo dreadful and profane
Corrupt Difcourfe proceeds;
And in their impious Hands are found
Abominable Deeds.
III.
The Lord from his Celeftial Throne
Look'd down on things below,
To find the Man that fought his Grace,
Or did his Jufiice know.
IV.
By Nature all are gone aftray,
Their Practice all the fame ;
There's none that fears his Maker's Hand*
There's none that loves his Name,
v.
Their Tongues are us'd to fpeak Deceit,
Their Slanders never ceafe;
\ How fwift to Mifchief are their Feet,
Nor know the Paths of Peace !
vi.
Such Seeds of Sin (chat bitter Root)
In every Heart are found:
Nor can they bear Diviner Fruit,
Till Grace refine the Ground.
Sever alVerfes of this Pfalm are cited by the Apoftk, Romans \
3. 10, &c. to Jhrw the univerfal Corruption of human Nature i
where/ire I have brought more of the ApoftW* Wordi> there ujed,
into
34. Psalm XIV,
into the J^th and $tb Stanza's here, and concluded this Part of
the Pfalm agreeably to St. Paul** Defign.
Ndte, The id Part of this Pfalm fpeaks only of Perfecutors
and the Enemies of the Church j therefore I have divided it
from the former*
Psalm XIV. 'The Second Part,
"The Folly of Perfecutors*
Aw e Sinners now fo fenfelefs grown,
That they the Saints devour ?
And never worfhip at thy Throne,
Nor fear thine aweful Power ?
II.
Great God ! appear to their Surprize,
Reveal thy dreadful Name ;
Let them no more thy Wrath defpife,
Nor turn our Hope to Shame,
in.
Doft thou not dwell among the Juft,
And yet our Foes deride,
That we fhould make thy Name our Truft ;
Great God ! confound their Pride.
IV.
O that the joyful Day were come
To finifh our Diftrefs !
When God (hall bring his Children home,
Our Songs lhall never ceafe.
Psalm XV. Common Metre.
Char after s of a Saint; or, a Citizen o/Zion j
or, the Qualifications of a Chriftian.
Wh o fhall inhabit in thy Hill,
OGodofHolinefs?
LWhom will the Lord admit to dwell
So jaear his Throne of Grace ? ;
m
Psalm XV. 3S
ii.
The Man that walks in pious Ways,
And works with righteous Hands ;
That trufts his Maker's Prcmifes,
And follows his Commands.
III.
He fpeaks the Meaning of his Heart,
Nor {landers with his Tongues
VVill fcarce believe an ill Report,
Nor do his Neighbour wrong.
IV.
The wealthy Sinner he contemns,
Loves all that fear the Lord ;
And tho' to his own Hurt he fwears,
Still he performs his Word,
v.
His Hands difdain a Golden Bribe,
And never gripe the Poor;
This Man fhall dwell with God on Earth,
And find his Heaven fecure.
Psalm XV. Long Metre.
Religion and Juftice, Goodnefs and Truth ; or,
Duties to God and Man; or, the Qualifi-
cations of a Cbriftian.
I.
Wh o fhall afcend thy heav'nly Place,
Great God, and dwell before thy Face ?
The Man that minds Religion now,
And humbly walks with God below.
II.
Whofe Hands are pure, whofe Heart is clean,
Whofe Lips ftill fpeak the thing they mean ;
No Slanders dwell upon his Tongue ,•
He hates to do his Neighbour wrong.
_ ill,
$6 Psalm XV.
in.
[Scarce will he truft an ill Report^
Nor vents it to his Neighbour's Hurt :
Sinners of State he can defpife,
But Saints are honour'd in his Eves.l
I iv. \
[Firm to his Word he ever flood,
And always makes his Promife good ;
Nor dares to change the Thing he f wears,
Whatever Pain or lofs he bearsj
v.
[He never deals in bribing Gold,
\ And mourns that Juftice fhould be fold J
While others gripe and grind the Poor,
Sweet Charity attends his Door.]
VI.
He loves his Enemies, and prays
For thofe that curfe him to his face ;
And doth to all Men frill the fame
That he would hope or wife from them.
VII.
Yet when hisholieft Works are done,
His Soul depends on Grace alone :
This is the Man thy Face ftiall fee,
And dwell for ever, Lord, with Thee.
Since our Bleffed Saviour, in the New Teftament, hasfo much
explained the Duties of the Law, and publifb'd theGofpel, I
could not pafs ever this Pj 'aim of the Charatlers--ef4he Jewifh
Saint, without infer ting fome brighter Articles that mufi belong
to ^Chriftian: fuchas, Alms and Charity to the Poor, Love
to Enemies, Blefiing thofe that curfe us, Doing to others as we
would have them do to us, and Hope of Acceptance only thro*
Divine Grace.
J thought it neceffary alfo to leave out the Mention of Ufury,
ver. 5. which tho' politically forbidden by the Jews among them-'
felves,was never unlawful to the Gentiles^ nor to any Chriftians,
fines the Jewifh Polity expired*
Psalm
Psalm XVI. 37
+
Psalm XVL The Firfl Part. Long Metre.
Cowfeffion of our Poverty, and Saints the be ft
Company; or, Good Works profit Men,
not God.
I.
Preserve me, Lord, in time of need j
JL F°r Succour to thy Throne I flee,
But have no Merits there to plead ;
My Goodnefs cannot reach to Thee.
II.
Oft have my Heart and Tongue confeft:
How empty and how poor I am ;
My Praife can never make Thee bleft,
Nor add new Glories to thy Name.
III.
Yet, Lord, thy Saints on Earth may reap
Some Profit by the Good we do;
Thefe are the Company I keep,
Thefe are the choiceft Friends I know.
Let others chufe the Sons of Mirth,
To give a Relifh to their Wine,
I love the Men of Heavenly Birth>
WhofeThoughtsand Language are Divine.
Psalm XVL The Second Part. Long Metre.
Chrift's All-Sufficiency.
How faft their Guilt and Sorrows rife,
Who hafte to feek fome Idol-God ?
I will not tafte their Sacrifice,
Their Offerings of forbidden Blood.
II.
My God provides a richer Cup,
And nobler Food to live upon :
He
38 Psalm XVI;
He3 Tor my XIE£ Fas ofler'd up
Jefus his Beft-beloved Son.
III.
His Love is my perpetual Feaft ;
By Day his Counfels guide me right :
And be his Name for ever blefly
Who gives me fweet Advice by Night.
IV.
I fet him ftill before mine Eyes ;
At my right Hand he ftands prepaid
To keep my Soul from all Surprize,
And be my Everlafting Guard.
From the Pfalmifl's Mention of Drink-Offerings of Blood, I
take occajion to allude to the Sacrifice of Chrift. His Fle/h 13
Meat indeed, and his Blood is Drink indeed 5 John 6. 55.
Psalm XVI. the Third Part. Long Metre.
Couragein Death, and Hope of the Refur region.
I.
"T JL Then God is nigh, my Faith is ftrong j
V V His Arm is my Almighty Prop :
Be glad, my Heart ; rejoice, my Tongue ;
My dying Flefh fhall reft in Hope.
Tho* in the Daft I hy my Head,
5Tet, Gracious God, thou wilt not leave
My .Soul for ever with the Dead,
Nor lofe thy Children in the Grave.
lit
My Flefh fhall thy firft Call obey,
Shake off the Duft, and rife on high ;
Then (halt thou lead the wondrous way
Jp to thy Throne above the Sky.
IV.
There Streams of endlefs Pleafure flow ;
. \ud full Difcoveries of thy Grace
(Which
Psalm XVI. 39
(Which we but tafted here below)
Spread heav'nly joys thro1 all the Place.
The laft Verja of this Pfalm are apply" J only f Chriil, AEi.
13. 36. and 2, 23, &c. yet fence tbey contain fo fair a View of
a Refurreclion, which is fo feldom found in this Book, I banji
formed thefe four Stanxa's into fucb Exprejfions as may be af
fumed by Cbrifeians, and apply* d to tkemfcl'ves.
Psalm XVI. J 8. The Firfi Part.
Common Metre.
Support and Counfelfrom God without Merit.
I.
Cave me, O Lord, from every Foe ;
In thee my Truft I place,
Tho' all the Good that I can do
Can ne'er deferve thy Grace.
II.
Yet if my God prolong my Breath,
The Saints may profit by't,-
The Saints the Glory of the Earth,
The Men of my Delight.
Let Heathens to their Idols hafte,
And worfhip Wood or Stone 5
But my delightful Lot is caft
Where the True God is known.
IV.
His Hand provides my conftant Food,
He fills my daily Cup ;
Much am I pleas'd with prefent Good,
But more rejoice in Hope,
v.
God is my Portion and my Joy,
His Counfels are my Light;
He gives me fweet Advice by Day,
And gentle Hints by Night.
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Psalm
VI.
XVI.
My Soul would all her Thoughts approve
To his all-feeing Eye :
Not Death, nor Hell, my Hope fhaJl move,
kWhile fuch a Friend is nigh.
Psalm XVI.
"The Second Part. Common MetreJ
^the Death and RefurreElion of Chrifh
I.
(C
T S e t the Lord before my Face,
" He bears my Courage up;
?c My Heart andTongue their Joys exprefs,
u Mv Flefli fhall reft in Hope.
<(
€C
(C
My Spirit, Lord, thou wilt not leave
<c Where Souls departed are ;
Nor quit my Body to the Grave,
To fee Corruption there.
Hi.
Cff Thou wilt reveal the Path of Life,
<c And raife me to thy Throne;
c Thy Courts immortal Pleafure give,
Thy Prefence Joys unknown."
IV.
[Thus in the Name of Chrift> the Lord,
The holy David fung,
And Providence fulfils the Word
Of his Prophetic Tongue,
v.
jftfus, whom every Saint adores,
Was crucify'd and flain ;
Behold the Tomb its Prey reftores,
Behold he lives again.
5 VI.
Psalm XVII. 41,
VI.
When fliall my Feet ariie and ftand
On Heaven's Eternal Hills?
There fits the Son at God's Right-Hand,
And there the Father fmiles.]
In this Verfion I have apply'd the three laft Verfes of this
Pfalm to Chxi&alom, as St. Peter applies tbem> Ads 2. 23.
yet inftead of the fourth Line of thefecond Stanza, To fee Cor-
ruption there ; you may read thus, To dwell for ever there.
And then the three firjl Stanza's may be Jung alone, and apply* d
to every Chrijlian,
St. 2. '7/j n oiv agreed by the Learned, that*y\WU Sheol, '
which is rendered Hell, fgnifes only the State of the Dead, i. e.
the Grave/br the Body, and the Separate State for the Spirit.
Psalm XVII. ^.13, &c. Short Metre.
Portion of Saints and Sinners ; or, Hope and
Defpair in Death.
rise, my Gracious God,'
And make, the Wicked flee/
They are but thy chaftizing Rod,
To drive thy Saints to thee.
II.
Behold the Sinner dies,
His haughty Words are vain ;
Here in this Life his Pleafure lies,
And all beyond is Pain.
III.
Then let his Pride advance,
And boaft of all his Store ;
The Lord is my Inheritance,
My Soul can wifli no more-
IV.
I (hall behold the Face
Of my forgiving God,
And ftand compleat in Righteoufnefs,
Wafh'din my Saviour's Blood.
v.
/
A'
i
I
^z Psalm XVIL
v.
There's a new Heavn begun,
When I awake from Death,
I^efi: in the Likenefs of thy Son,
And draw immortal Breath.
St. 5. The Heaven which Souls enjoy in the Separate State, is
Jo mucfrincreafed by the Refurre&ion of the Body, that it may
be called a New Heaven, the Heaven of the Body as well as
of the Soul,
Psalm XVII. Long Metres
The Sinner9 s Portion and Saint's Hope ; or*
'the Heaven of feparate Souls and the Re-
furre&ion.
I.
Lord, I am thine ; but thou wilt prove
My Faith, my Patience, and my Love;
When Men of Spite againft me join,
They are the Sword, the Hand is thine.
11.
Their Hope and Portion lies below ;
*Tis all the Happinefs they know,
*Tis all they feek ; they take their Shares,
And leave the reft among their Heirs.
What Sinners value, I refign ;
Lord, 'tis enough that Thou art mine :
I fhall behold thy blifsful Face,
And ftand compleat in Righteoufnefs.
IV.
This Life's a Dream, an empty Show ;
But the bright World, to which I go,
Hath Joys fubftantial and fincere ;
When (hall I wake, and find me there ?
v.
Psalm XVIII.
45
v.
0 glorious Hour! O bleft Abode!
1 fhall be near and like my God !
And Flefh and Sin no more controul
The facred Pleafures of the Soul .
VI.
My Flefh (hall (lumber in the Ground,
Till the laft Trumpet's Joyful Sound ;
Then burftthe Chains with fweet Surprize,
And in my Saviour's Image rile.
Ybe Senfe of a great Part of this Pfalm occurs fo often in tht
Book of Pf alms y that I thought it necrjjary to tranjlate no more
than thefe few Verfes of it (viz.) Ver. 3. Thou haft prov ri rny
Heart, thou haft tried me, and fhalt find nothing. Ver. 13,
The Wicked are thy Sword. Ver. 14^ The Men of the WorJd
have their Portion in this Life, whofe Belly thou rllleft: They
leave the reft of their Subftance to their Babe?. ' Ver. 15. I fhall,
behold thy Face in Righteoufnefs, I fhall be fatibhed when I
awake with thy Likenefs.
I confefs I have indulged a large Expoft ion here, but J could
ret forbear to give my Thoughts a Loofe upon this Divine Defcrip-
tion of compleat Blcjj'cdnefs in the i$tb Verfe j This bright Abridg-
ment of Heaven, \
From the word Awake, J have taken occajion to reprefent the
departing Soul's awaking into the World of Spirits, ^as well as'
the Body's awaking from the Grave, ■ ■ - •*■
Psalm XVIII. The Firfl Part. Lortg Metre*
Ver. 1 — 6, 15 — 18 .
Deliverance from Defpair ; or, Temptations
overcome.
L
'"Thee will I love, O Lord, my Strength,
My Rock,my Tower,my high Defences
Thy mighty Arm fhall be my Truft,
For I have found Salvation thence.
II.
Death, and the Terrors of the Grave,
Stood round me with their difmal Shade ;
D WhiUj
44 P SAL AT XVIII
While Floods of high Temptations rofe,
And make my finking Soul afraid.
Ifaw the opening Gates of Hell,
With endlefs Pains and Sorrows thefe,
Which none but they that feel can tell,
While I was hurry a to Defpair.
IV.
In my Diftrefs I call'd my God,
When I could fcarce believe him mine ;
He bow'd his Ear to my Complaint,
Then did his Grace appear Divine.
v.
[With fpeed he flew to my Relief,
As on a Cherub's Wing he rode ;
Awful and bright as Lightning (hone
The Face of my Deliverer God.
VI.
Temptations fled at his Rebuke,
The Blaft of his Almighty Breath ;
He fent Salvation from on high,
And drew me from the Deeps of Death.]
VII.
Great were my Fears, my Foes were great,
Much was their Strength, and more their Rage j
But Chrift, my Lord, is Conqueror ftill
In all the Wars that Devils wage.
VIII.
My Song for ever (hall record
That terrible, that joyful Hour ;
And give the Glory to the Lord
Due to his Mercy and his Power.
J have divided this long Pfalm into three Parts, and accomtne-
Sated the fever alVerfes of it to our Spiritual Warfare andViclory
through Grace, as being of more frequent and general Ufe to Chri-
fiians i Yet there are fa noble ExfreJJions of Triumph in Gcd, and
X Thanks
Psalm XVIII. 45
Thanh for ViBory over temporal Enemies Scattered up and down,
that perfuaded me to form them afterwards in Cemmsn Metre a^Jo>
agreeable to their original Defign.
Psalm XVIIL
The Second Part, v. 20 — 2 6. Long MetreJ
Sincerity proved and rewarded.
I.
Lou d, thou haft feen my Soul fincere;
Haft made thy Truth and Love appear j
Before mine Eyes I fet thy Laws,
And thou haft own'd my righteous CaufeJ
Since I have learnt thy holy Ways,
I've walk'd upright before thy Face •
Or if my Feet did e'er depart,
'Twas never with a wicked Heart.
in.
What fore Temptations broke my Reft f
What Wars and Smugglings in my Bread $
But thro* thy Grace that reigns within,
I guard againft my darling Sin.
That Sin thatclofe befets me ftill,
That works and ftrives againft my Will £
When ihail thy Spirit's fovereign Power
Deftroy it, that it rife no more ?
v.
JWith an impartial Hand the Lord
Deals out to Mortals their Reward;
The kind and faithful Souls (hall find
A God as faithful and as kind.
VI.
The Juft and Pure lhail ever fay
Thou art more Pure, more Juft than they**
D a
46 Psalm XVIII.
And Men that love Revenge (hall know
God hath an Arm of Vengeance too.]
Psalm XVIIL The Third Part, v. 3 o, 3 1,
34> 3 J> 4^i ^c- Long Metre.
Rejoicing in God; or, Salvation and Triumph.
I.
Just are thy Ways, and true thy Word,
Great Rock of my fecure Abode >
Who is a God befide the Lord ?
Or where's a Refuge like our God ?
*Tis he that girds me with his Might,
Gives *ne his holy Sword to wield;
And while with Sin and Hell I fight,
Spreads his Salvation for my Shield.
ill.
He lives, (and blefled be my Rock,)
The God of my Salvation lives,
The dark Defigns of Hell are broke,
Sweet is the Peace* my Father gives.
Before the Scoffers of the Age
I will exalt my Father's Name,
Nor tremble at their mighty Rage,
But meet Reproach, and bear the Shame,
v.
To David and his Royal Seed,
Thy Grace for ever fhall extend ;
Thy Love to Saints in Chrift their Head
Knows not a Limit, nor an End.
Psalm
Psalm XVIII, ^7
Psalm XVIII. Tbi Krfi Part.
Common Metre.
Vittory and 'Triumph over Temporal Enemies.
I.
We love Thee, Lord, and we adore,
Now is thine Arm reveal'd ;
Thou art our Strength, our heavenly Tower,
Our Bulwark and our Shield.
II.
We fly to our eternal Rock,
And find a fure Defence;
His holy Name our Lips invoke,
And draw Salvation thence.
III.
When God, our Leader, (bines in Arms,
What mortal Heart can bear
The Thunder of his loud Alarms ?
The Lightning of his Spear i
He rides upon the winged Wind,
And Angels in Array
In Millions wait to know his Mind,
And fwift as Flames obey,
v.
Hefpeaks, and at his fierce Rebuke,
Whole Armies are difmay'd ;
His Voice, his Frown, his angry Look
Strikes all their Courage dead.
VI.
He forms our Generals for the Field,
With all their dreadful Skill ;
Gives them his awful Sword to wield,
And makes their Hearts of Steel,
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4* Psalm XVIM:
vii.
[He arms out Captains to the Fight,
(Tho* there his Name's forgot i
He girded Cyrus with his Might,
But Cyrus knew him not.)
VIII.
Oft has the Lord whole Nations bleft
For his own Churches fake :
The Powers that give his People reft,
Shall of his Care partake.]
St. 7. Ifa. 45. 1, 5. Tims faith the Lord to CjPff**t*rHr
girded thee, tho' thou haft not known me.
Psalm XVIII. The Second Part.
Common Metre.
The Conqueror's Song.
To thine Almighty Arm we owe
The Triumphs of the Day;
I Thy Terrors, Lord, confound the Foe,
And melt their Strength away.
11.
*Tis by thine Aid our Troops prevail,
And break united Powers,
Or burn their boafted Fleets, or fcale
The proudeft of their Towers.
III.
How have we chased them thro* the Field,
And trod them to the Ground,
While thy Salvation wasx>ur Shield,
But they no Shelter found !
iv. .
In vain to Idol-Saints they cry,
And perifh in their Blood ;
Where is a Rock fo great, £o high,
So powerful as our God ?
v.
Psalm XIX. 49
v.
B
The Rock of Ifrael ever lives*
His Name be ever bleft;
'Tis his own Arm the Vi&ory gives,
And gives his People Reft.
VI.
On Kings that reign as David did,
He pours his Bleffings down;
Secures their Honours to their Seed,
And well fupports the Crown.
Psalm XIX. Firfi Part. Short Metre.
I'he Book of Nature and Scripture.
For a LordVDay Morning.
I.
ehold the lofty Sky
Declares its Maker God,
And all his Starry Works on high
Proclaim his Power abroad.
II.
The Darknefs and the Light
Still keep their Courfe the fame ;
While Night to Day, and Day to Night
Divinely teach his Name.
III.
In every different Land,
Their general Voice is known;
They fhew the Wonders of his Hand,
And Orders of his Throne.
IV.
Ye Britijb Lands rejoice,
Here he reveals his Word,
We are not left to Nature's Voice,
To bid us know the Lord.
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50 Fa l m s XIX.
His Statutes and Commands
Are fet before our Eyes,
He puts his Gofpel in our Hands,
Where our Salvation lies.
VI.
His Laws are juft and pure,
His Truth without Deceit,
His Promifes for ever fure,
And his Rewards are great.
VII.
[Not Honey to the Tafte
Affords fo much Delight,
Nor Gold that has the Furnace paft,
So much allures the Sight.
VIII.
While of thy Works I fing,
Thy Glory to proclaim,
Accept the Praife, my God, my King,
In my Redeemer's Name.]
The Pfalmift here, and in Giber Pfalms, ufeS the word Law,
exprefs the five Books of Mofes, or all the Divine Revelation that
be had in his time ; yet Chrift and the Apoftles fo frequently di-
ftwguijh the Law and the Gofpel> that I have chofen to imitate
their Language, and have often introduced the words Gcfpel,
Truth and Promife, inftead of Statutes, Teftimonies, &c. as
being more agreeable 'to the Style of the New Tefiament*
St. 8. I have here inferttd the I aft Verfe of the Pj aim with an
Evangelical Turn, as a proper Conclujion oftbisfirji Part $ the
whole being too long to be Jung at once, according to our prefent
Cufiom.
Psalm XIX. Second Part. Short Metre.
God's Word moft excellent ; or, Sincerity and
Watchfulnefs.
For a Lord's- Day Morning.
I.
ehoj.d the Morning Sun,
Begins his glorious Way ;
His
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Psalm XIX- 51
His Beams thro* all the Nations run,
And Life and Light convey.
But where the Gofpel comes,
It fpreads diviner Light,
It calls dead Sinners from their Tombs,
And gives the Blind their Sight.
How perfeft is thy Word !
And all thy Judgments juft !
For ever fure thy Promife, Lord,
And Men fecurely truft.
IV.
My Gracious God, how plaia
Are thy Dire&ions given!
O may I never read in vain,
But find the Path to Heaven !
Pause.
v.
I hear thy Word with Love,
And I would fain obey ;
Send thy good Spirit from above
To guide me, left I ftray.
VI.
0 who can ever find
The Errors of his Ways ?
Yet with a bold prefumptuous Mind,'
1 would not dare tranfgrefs.
VII.
Warn me of every Sin,
Forgive my fecret Faults,
And cleanfe this guilty Soul of mine,
Whofe Crimes exceed my Thoughts.
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~$T~ psalm xix;
VIII.
While with my Heart and Tongue,
I fpread thy Praife abroad,
Accept the Worlhip and the Song,
My Saviour and my God.
PsAL m XIX. Long Metre.
The Books of Nature and of Scripture ■ corn-*
pa/d L J>r? 'The Glory and Succefs of the
Gofpel. "'■*!
I.
Th E*Heavens declare thy Glory, Lord,
In ever^y Star thy Wifdom (hines ;
But when our Eyes behold thy Word,
We read thy Name in fairer Lines.
II.
The rolling Sun, the changing Light,
And Nights and Days thy Power confefs ;
But the bleft Volume thou haft writ
Reveals thy Tuftice and thy Grace.
ill.
Sun, Moon, and Stars convey thy Praife
Round the whole Earth, and never ftand ;
So when thy Truth begun its Race,
It toucj^d, and glanc'd on every Land*
IV.
Nor fhall thy fpreading Gofpel reft,
Till thro* the World thy Truth has run j
Till Chrift has all the Nations bleft,
That fee the Light, or feel the Sun,*
- v.
Great Sun of Righteoufnefs, arife,
Blefs the dark World with heavenly Light ;
Thy Gofpel makes the Simple wife;
HThy Laws are pure, thy Judgments righto
vi»
Psalm XIX. <z
VI.
Thy nobleft Wonders here we view
In Souls renewed, and Sins forgiven :
Lord, cleanfe my Sins, my Soul renew,
And make thy Word my Guide to Heav'n,
The* the plain Defign of the Pfalmiji is to Jhevj the Excel-
lency of the Btbk of Scripture above the Book of Nature, in order
to convert and fave a Sinner, yet the Apoflle Paul, in Rom. io.
18. applies, or accommodates the qjb ver. to the fpreading of the
Go/pel ever the Roman Empire, ivbichis called the whole World
in the New Teftament \ and in this Verfion I have endeavoured
to imitate him.
Psalm XIX. To the Tune of the 113 Pf.
The Book of Nature and Scripture.
I. (Frame,
Gl reat God, the Heavens well-orderM
t Declares the Glories of thy Name ;
There thy rich Works of Wonder Ihine :
A thoufand ftarry Beauties there,
A thoufand radiant Marks appear
Of boundlefs Power and Skill Divine.
II.
From Night to Day, from Day to Nigh:
The dawning and the dying Light
Leftures of heavenly Wifdcm read ;
With filent Eloquence they raife
Our Thoughts to our Creator's Praife,
And neither Sound nor Language need.
III.
Yet their Divine Inftru&ions run
Far as the Journeys of the Sun,
And every Nacion knows their Voice :
The Sun, like ibme young Bridegroom dreft.
Breaks from the Chambers of the Eaft,
Rolls roun4, and makes the Earchrejoice.
IV.
*4 Psalm XIX.
IV.
Where'er he fpreads his Beams abroad,
He fmile$r and fpeaks his Maker God *
All Nature joins to Ihew thy Praife i
Thus God, in every Creature fhines ;
Fair are the Book of Nature's Lines,.
But fairer is thy Bock of Grace.
Pause.
v.
I love the Volumes of thy Word;
What Light and Joy thofe Leaves afford
To Souls benighted and diftreft!
Thy Precepts guide my doubtful Way,
Thy Fear forbids my Feet to ftray.
Thy Promife leads my Heart to reft..
VI.
From the Difcoveries of thy Law,
The perfedl: Rules of Life I draw,
Thefe are my Study and Delight r
Not Honey fo invites the Tafte,
Nor Gold, that hath the Furnace paft,
.Appears fo pleafing to the Sight.
VII.
Thy Threatnings wake my flumb Ying Eyes,,
And warn me where my Danger lies j
But 'tis thy Bleflfed Gofpel, Lord,
That makes my guilty Conference clean,
Converts my Soul, fubdues my Sin,
And gives a free but large Reward.
VIII.
Who knows the Errors of his Thoughts ^
My God, forgive my fecret Faults,
And from prefumptuous Sins reflrain :
Accept
Psalm XX, $$
Accept my poor Attempts of Pralfe,
That I have read thy Book of Grace,
And Book of Nature not in vain.
Psalm XX.
Prayer and Hope ofVittory.
For a Day of Prayer in time of Wsfr.
I.
No w may the God of Power and Grace
Attend his People's humble Cry !
Jehovah hears, when ifrael prays,
And brings Deliverance from on high.
II.
The Name of Jacob's God defends
Better than Shields or brazen Walls ;
He, from his Santtuary, fends
Succour and Strength when Zion calls.1
III.
Well he remembers all our Sighs,
His Love exceeds our beft Deferts ;
His Love accepts the Sacrifice
Of humble Groans and broken Hearts;
IV.
In his Salvation is our Hope,
And, in the Name of IfraeV's God,
Our Troops (hall lift their Banners up,
Our Navies fpread their Flags abroad.
v.
Sometruft in Horfes train'dfor War,
And fome of Chariots make their Boafts;
Our furefl: Expectations are
From Thee, the Lord of Heavenly Hofts*
VI.
[O may the Memory of thy Name
Infpire our Armies for the Fight !
Our
?<6 hALM XXI.
Our Foes fhall fall and die with fiiame,
Or quit the Field with ihameful Flisht.1
VII: s n
Now fave us, Lord, from flavifh Fear,
Now let our Hopes he firm and ftrong,
Till the Salvation (hall appear,
And Joy and Triumph raife the Song.
Psalm XXL Common Metre.
Our King is the Care of Heaven.
I.
The King,0 Lord,with Songs of Praife,
Shall in thy Strength rejoice ;
And bleft with thy Salvation, raife
To Heaven his chearful Voice*
II.
Thy fure Defence, thro' Nations round >
Has fpread his glorious Name ;
And his fuccefsful Aftions crown'd
With Majefty and Fame.
III.
Then let the King on God alone,
For timely Aid, rely j
His Mercy (hall fupport the Throne,
And all our Wants fupply*
IV.
But, righteous Lord, his ftubborn Foes
Shall feel thy dreadful Hand ;
Thy vengeful Arm (hall find out thofe
That hate his mild Command.
v.
When thou againft them doft engage^
Thy juft, but dreadful Doom
Shall, like a fiery Oven^s Rage,
Their HopeS and them confume,
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P$AL M XXI, S.2L
VI.
Tims, Lord, thy wondrous Power declare,
And thus exalt thy Fame ;
Whilft we glad Songs of Praife prepare
For thine Almighty Name. ,
I have borrowed almofi all tbefi Stanxa's from Mr. Tate**
Vcrjion, and tbey feem very applicable to his Frejcnt Majefiy
King George, i;i6.
Psalm XXI. *— $>. Long Metre.
Chrifi exalted to the Kingdom.
I.
David rejoic'd in God his Strength,
Rais'd to theThroneby fpecial Gracej
But Chrifly the Son, appears at length,
Fulfils the Triumph and the Praife.
II.
How great is the Mejfiah's Joy
In the Salvation of thy Hand !
Lord, Thou haft raised hisKingdomhigb,
And giv'n the World to his Command.
HI,
Thy Goodnefs grants whate'er he will^
Nor doth the leaft Requeft withhold j
Bleffings of Love prevent him ftill,
And Crowns of Glorv, not of Gold.
IV.
Honour and Majefty Divine
Around his Sacred Temples fhine ;
Bleft with the Favour of thy Face,
And Length of everlafting Days.
fThine Hand fhall find out all his Foes j
And as a fiery Oven glows
With raging Heat and living Coals,
So fhall chy Wrach devour their Souls.
i£_ Psalm XXIL
Psalm XXII. i — 16. The Firfi Parti
Common Metre.
7he Sufferings and Death of Chrifi:
I.
Why has my God my Soul forfook*
Nor will a Smile afford ?
(Thus David once, in Anguifh, fpoke>
And thus our dying Lord.)
II.
Tho 'tis thy chief Delight to dwell
Among thy praifing Saints,
Yet Thou canft hear a Groan as well,
And pity our Complaints.
in.
Our Fathers trufted in thy Name,
And great Deliverance found ;
But I'm a Worm defpis'd of Men,',
And trodden to the Ground.
IV.
Shaking the Head they pafs me by,,
And laugh my Soul tofcorn ;
><c In vain he t/ufts in God, they cry,
u Negletfed and forlorn.
V.
But Thou art He who form'd my Flefh.
By thine Almighty Word,
And fince I hung upon the Breaft,
My Hope is in the Lord.
VI.
Why will my Father hide his Face,
When Foesftand threatning round,
In the dark Hour of deep Diftrefs,
And not an Helper found ?
Pavsk
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Pause.
vii.
Behold thy Darling left among
The Cruel and the Proud,
As Bulls of Bafhan fierce and ftrong,
As Lions roaring loud.
VIII.
From Earth and Hell my Sorrows meet
To multiply the Smart ;
They nail my Hands, they pierce my Feet>
And try to vex my Heart.
IX
Yet if thy Sovereign Hand let loofe
The Rage of Earth and Hell,
Why will my heavenly Father bruife
The Son he loves fo well ?
x.
My God, if poffible it be,
With-hold this bitter Cup $
But I refign mv Will to thee,
And drink the Sorrows up.
XL
My Heart diflolves with Pangs unknown,
In Groans I wafte my Breath ;
Thy heavy Hand has brought me down
Low as the Duft of Death.
XII.
Father, I give my Spirit up,
Andtruft it in thy Hand;
My dying Flefh (hall reft in Hope,
And rife at thy Command.
Psalm
«o PsaVm XXTT.
Psalm XXII. 20,21,27—31. The Se-
cond Part. Common Metre.
Chrift's Sufferings and Kingdom.
I.
No w from the roaring Lions Rage,
" 0 Lord, proteB thy Son j
J Nor leave thy Darling to engage
V 'The Powers of Hell alone!*
II.
Thus did our fufifering Saviour pray,
With mighty Cries and Tears ;
God heard him in that dreadful Day,
And chas'd away his Fears,
in.
Great was the Vi&ory of his Death,
His Throne exalted high ;
And all the Kindreds of the Earth
Shall worfhip, or (hall die.
IV.
A numV0US Offspring muit arife
From his expiring Groans ;
They (hall be reckoned, in his eyes,
For Daughters and for Sons,
v.
The meek and humble Souls (hall fee
His Table richly fpread;
And all that feek the Lord (hall be
With T°vs immortal fed.
J I VI.
The Ifles (hall know the Righteoufnefs
Of our incarnate God ;
And Nations, yet unborn, profefs
Salvation in his Blood.
Psalm
Psalm XXII. 61
Psalm XXII. Long Metre.
Chrift's Sufferings and Exaltation.
I.
No w let our mournful Songs record
The dying Sorrows of our Lord ;
When he complained in Tears and B^ood,
As one forfaken of his God.
II.
The Jews beheld him thus forlorn,
And (hake their Heads, and laugh in Scorn j
He refcuM others from the Grave ;
u Now let him try himfelf to fave.
IIL
This is the Man did once pretend
" God was his Father, and his Friend 5
*' If God the Blefled lov'd him fo,
u Why doth he fail to help him now ?"
IV.
Barbarous People ! Cruel Priefts !
How they flood round like favage Beads !
[Like Lions gaping to devour,
: When God had left him in their power.
v.
jThey wound his Head, his Hands, his Feet,
Till Streams of Blood each other meet ;
By Lot his Garments they divide,
And mock the Pangs in which he dy'd.
VI.
But God, his Father, heard his Cry ;
Rais'd from the Dead he reigns on high ;
The Nations learn his Righteoufnefs,
And humbieSinners tafte his Grace.
In this Vtrjiwi I have abridged the <wh*le Pfa/m,- and chofen
tnly thofe Verjti of it which are cited or explained in the Neim
Vflament, (viz.) i, 7, 8, 12, 13, 16, 18,24,28, 31, 29.
Psalm L
6z Psalm XXIIL
Pslam XXIIL Long Metre.
God our Shepherd.
I.
My Shepherd is the living Lord ;
Now fhall my Wants be well fupply'd;
His Providence and Holy Word
Become my Safety and my Guide.
II.
In Paftures where Salvation grows,"
He makes me feed, he makes me reft j
There living Water gently flows,
And all the Food divinely bleft.
III.
My wandring Feet his Ways miftake^
►ut he reftores my Soul to Peace,
^nd leads me, for his Mercy's fake,
n the fair Paths of Righteoufnefs.
IV.
Fho* I walk thro* the gloomy Vale,
jWhere Death and all its Terrors are,
Vly Heart and Hope (hall never fail,
"or God my Shepherd's with me there.
Amidft the Darknefs and the Deeps
Thou art my Comfort, thou my Stay >
Irhy Staff fupports my feeble Steps,
Thy Rod dire&s my doubtful Way.
VI.
The Sons of Earth and Sons of Hell
^aze at thy Goodnefs, and repine
To fee my Table fpread fo well
With living Bread and chearfui Wine.
VII.
Psalm XXIII.
VII.
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[How I rejoice when on my Head
Thy Spirit condefcends to reft!
'Tis 2 Divine Anointing fhed
Like Oil of Gladnefs at a Feaft.
VIII.
Surely the Mercies of the Lord
Attend his Houthold all their Days :
There will I dwell to hear his Word,
To feek his Face and fing his Praife J
Psalm XXIII. Common Metre.
I.
My Shepherd will fupply my Need,
Jehovah is his Name;
I In Paftures frefh he makes me feed,
Befide the living Scream.
II.
He brings my wandring Spirit back,
When I forfake his Ways ;
And leads me, for his Mercy's fake,
In Paths of Truth and Grace.
III.
When I walk thro* the Shades of Death,
Thy Prefence is my Stay ;
A Word of thy fupporting Breath
Drives all my Fears away.
IV.
Thy Hand in fpight of all my Foes,
Dochftill my Table fpread ;
My Cup with Bleflings overflows,
Thine Oil anoints my Head.
v.
The fure Provifions of my Gcd
Attend me all my Days ;
o, „
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V&AXm XXIIL
O may thy Houfe-be mine Abode,
And all my Work be Praife !
VI.
There would I find a fettled Reft,
(While others go and come)
No more a Stranger, or a Gueft,
But like a Child at Home.
St, 4. The Oil or Ointment that <was ufed of old tt> anoint
and -perfume the Head, in tht Senfet and Language of the Neiv
Teftamerit, mufi fignify the Communications of the Holy Spi-
rit, which is called the Anointing, 1 'John 2. 20, 27. as I havt
explained it in the Long Metre 5 and Pfal. 45. 7. ivitb John 3.
34, approves it*
Psalm XXIII. Short Metre.
I.
r~Tp h e Lord my Shepherd \s3
JL I fhall be well fupply'd ;
Since he is mine, and I am his,
What can I want befide ?
II.
He leads me to the Place
Where heavenly Pafture grows,
\Vhere living Waters gently pafs,
And full Salvation flows.
IN.
If e'er I go aftray,
He doth my Soul reclaim,
And guides me in his own right way
For his molt Holy Name.
While he affords his Aid,
I cannot .yield to Fear ;
Tho' I ftiould walk throDeath'sdarkShade,
My Shepherd's with me there.
P S A L M XXIV. '
V.
In fpight of all my Foes,
Thou doft my Table fpread,
My Cup with Bieffings overflows,
And Joy exalts my Head.
VI.
The Bounties of thy Love
Shall crown my following Days;
Nor from thy Houfe will I remove,
Nor ceafe tofpeak thy Praife.
Psalm XXIV. Common Metre.
Dwelling with God.
I.
np h l Earth for ever is the Lord's,
*■ With Adam's numerous Race ,•
He rais'd its Arches o'er the Floods,
And built it on the Seas.
II.
But who, among the Sons of Men,
May vifit rhitie Abode?
He that has Hands from Mifchief clean,
Whole Heart is right with God.
ill.
This is the Man may rife and take
The Bieffings of his Grace;
This is the Lot of thofe that feek
The God of Jacob's Face.
,IV*
Now let our Souls' immortal Powers
To meet the Lord prepare,
Lift up their everlafting Doors,
The King of Glory's near.
v,
V.
The King of Glory ! Who can tell
The Wonders of his Might ?
He rules the Nations; but to dwell
vWith Saints, is his Delight.
Psalm XXIV. Long Metre,
Saints dwell in Heaven ; or, Chrift's Afcenjton.
I.
HP h i s fpacious Earth is all the Lord's,
And Men, and Worms, and Beafts, and Birds :
He rais'd the Building on the Seas,
And gave ic for their Dwelling- Place.
But there's a brighter World on high,
Thy Palace, Lord, above the Sky:
Who fhall afcend that bleft Abode,
And dwell fo near his Maker God ?
III.
He that abhors and fears to fin,
WhofeHeart is pure,whofeHands are clean,
Him fhall the Lord the Saviour blefs,
And clothe his Soul with Righteoufnefs.
IV.
Thefe are the Men, the pious Race
That feek the God of Jacob's Face ;
Thefe fhall enjoy the blifsful Sight, .
And dwell in everlafting Light.
Pause.
v.
Rejoice, ye (hining Worlds on high,
Behold the King of Glory nigh ;
Who can this King of Glory be ?
The mighty Lord, the Saviour's He.
i
Psalm XXV, 67
VI.
Ye Heavenly Gates, your Leaves difplay
To make the Lord the Saviour way :
Laden with Spoils from Earth and Hell,
The Conqueror comes with God to dwell.
VII.
Rais'd from the Dead he goes before,
He opens Heaven's eternal Door,
To give his Saints a bleft Abode,
Near their Redeemer and their God.
If this Pfalm was written at the A/cent of the Ark of God ints
Zion the City of David, it is not unnatural to apply it to the Pre-
fence of Chrift with bis Church in Worfhip, as in the Common
Metre 3 or, to the Afcenf 'on of thrift to Heaven, as in this Me-
tre. In this, and other Parts cf the Pfalm, I have endeavoured tQ
make the Connexion plain and eafy, which is very ebfeure in theText,
Psalm XXV. 1— 11. The Firfi Part.
Waiting for Pardon and Direction,
I.
IL 1 f t my Soul to God,
My Truft is in his Name;
Let not my Foes, that feefc my Bloody
Still triumph in my Shame.
Sin, and the Powers of Hell
Perfuade me to defpair ;
Lord, make me know thy Covenant we!lfl
That I may Tcape the Snare.
HI.
From the firft dawning Lights
Till the dark Evening rife,
For thy Salvation, Lord, I wait
With ever-longing Eyes.
IV.
Remember all thy Grace,
And lead me in thy Truth ;
' E Fdrgl v*e
Forgive the Sins of riper Days,
And Follies of my Youth.
V.
The Lord is juft and kind,
The Meek fhall learn his Ways,
And every humble Sinner find
The Methods of his Grace.
VI.
For his own Goodnefs-fake
He faves my Soul from Shame :
He pardons (tho* my Guilt be great)
Thro* my Redeemer's Name.
Psalm XXV, 12,14,10,13. id Part.
Divine InjlruBion.
I.
Where (hall the Man be found
Thai fears t offend his God,
That loves the Gofpel's joyful Sound,
And trembles at the Rod ?
II.
The Lord fhall make him know*
The Secrets cf his Heart,
The Wonders of his Covenant (how,
And ail his Love impart.
III.
The Dealings of his Hand
Are Truth and Mercy ftill
With fuel: as to his Covenant ftand,
And love to do his Will.
IV.
Their Souls fhall dwell at eafe
Before their Maker's Face.;
Their Seed (hall tafte the Promifes
In their extenflve Grace.
Psalm
Psalm XXV, 6^
Psalm XXV. ly— 22. The $d Part.
Diftrefs of Soul j or, Backfliding and Defertion;
I.
Mine Eyes and my Defire
Are ever to the Lord ;
I love to plead his Promifes,
And reft upon his Word.
II.
Turn, turn thee to my Soul,
Bring thy Salvation near ;
When will thy Hand releafe my Feet
Out of the deadly Snare ?
III.
When (hall the Sovereign Grace
Of my forgiving God
Reftore me from thofe dangerous Ways
My wandering Feet have trod ?
The Tumult of my Thoughts
Doth but enlarge my Woe ;
My Spirit languifhes, my Heart
Is defolate and low.
v.
With every Morning- Light
My Sorrow new begins ,• .
Look on my Anguifli and my Pain,
And pardon all my Sins.
Pause.
VI.
Behold the Hofts of Hell,
How cruel is their Hate ?
Againft my Life they rife, and join
Their Fury with Deceit.
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O keep my Soul from Death,
Nor put my Hope to fhame,
For I have plac'd my only Truft
In my Redeemer's Name.
VIII.
With humble Faith I wait
To fee thy Face again ;
Of Ifrael it fhall ne'er be faid,
He fought the Lord in vain.'
Psalm XXVL
Self-Examination; or, Evidences of Grace.
I.
Judge me, O Lord, and prove my Ways,
And try my Reins, and try my Heart i
My Faith upon thy Promife ftays,
Nor from thy Law my Feet depart.
II.
I hate to walk, I hate to fit
With Men of Vanity and Lyes ;
The Scoffer and the Hypocrite
Are the Abhorrence of mine Eyes.
HI,
Amongft thy Saints will I appear,
With Hands well-wafh\i in Innocence ,*
But when I ftand before thy Bar,
The Blood of Chrifl is my Defence.
IV.
I love thy Habitation, Lord,
The Temple where thine Honours dwell;
[There fhall I hear thine Holy Word,
And there thy Works of Wonder tell.
i v.
Psalm XXVII. _j\
v.
Let not my Soul be join'd at laft
With Men of Treachery and Blood,
Since I my Days on Earth have paft
Among the Saints and near my God.
Psalm XXVII. i~5. The Firfi Part.
The Church is cur Delight and Safety.
I.
Th e Lord of Glory is my Light*
And my Salvation too ;
God is my Strength, nor will I fear
What all my Foes can do.
II.
One Privilege my Heart defires ;
O grant me an Abode
Among the Churches of thy Saints,
The Temples of my God !
III.
There (hall I offer my Requefts,
And fee thy Beauty ftill,
Shall hear thy Meffages of Love,
And there enquire thy Will.
IV.
When Troubles rife, and Storms appear,
There may his Children hide :
God has a ftrong Pavilion where
He makes my Soul abide,
v.
Now (hall my Head be lifted high
Above my Foes around,
And Songs of Joy and Vidlory
Within thy Temple found.
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7z Psalm XXVII.
Psalm XX VII. v. 8, 9, 13, 14. 2d Part,
Prayer and Hope.
1.
Soon as I heard my Father fay,
" D? Children feek my Grace**
My Heart reply M without delay,
" 1' 11 feek my Father's Face."
II.
Let not thy Face be hid from me,
Nor frown my Soul away >
God of my Life, I fly to Thee
In a diftreffing Day,
ill.
Should Friends and Kindred near and dear
Leave me to want, or die;
My God would make my Life his Care,
And all my Need fupply.
IV.
Mv fainting Flefh had dy'd with Grief,
Had not my Soul believ'd
To fee thy Grace provide Relief,
Nor was my Hope deceiv'd.
v.
Wait on the Lord, ye trembling Saints,
And keep your Courage up ;
He'll raife your Spirit when it faints,
And far exceed your Hope.
cIhez%th Pfalm has fcarce any thing new, but what is repeated
in other Pfalms,
Psalm XXIX.
Storm and Thunder.
I.
Gi v e to the Lord, ye Sons of Fame,
Give to the Lord Renown and Power,
Afcribe
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Psalm XXDC 7 3
Afcribe due Honours to his Name,
And his Eternal Might adore.
II.
The Lord proclaims his Power aloud
Over the Ocean and the Land ;
His Voice divides the Watry Cloud,
And Lightnings blaze at his Command.
III.
Hefpeaks, and Tempeft, Hail, and Wind
Lay the wideForefts bare around ;
The fearful Hart, and frighted Hind,
Leap at the Terror of the Sound.
IV.
To Lebanon he turns his Voice,
And, lo! the (lately Cedars break ;
The Mountains tremble at the Noife,
The Vallies roar, the Defarts quake,
v.
The Lord fits Sovereign on the Flood,
The Thunderer reigns for ever King ;
But makes his Church his bkft Abode,
Where we his awful Glories fing.
VI. 5
In gentler Language there the Lord
The Counfels of his Grace imparts;
Amidft the raging Storm his Word
Speaks Peace and Courage to our Hearts.
Psalm XXX. The Fn ft Part.
Sitknefs healed^ and Sorrow removed.
I.
[Will extol thee, Lord, on high,
At thy Command Diieafes fly ;
Who but a God can i^eak and lave
From the dark Borders of the Grave ?
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II.
Sing to the Lord, ye Saints of his,
And tell how large his Goodne fs is ;
Let all your Powers rejoice and blefs,
^Vhile you record his Holinefs.
III.
His Anger but a Moment ftays,
His Love is Life and Length of Days ;
Tho' Grief and Tears the Night employ,
The Morning-Star reftores the Joy.
Psalm XXX. v. 6. The Second Part.
Health, Sicknefs, and Recovery.
I.
Firm was my Health,my Day was bright,
A nd I prefu m'd \ wou'd ne*er*be Night ;
Fondly I faid within my Heart,
*c Pleafure and Peace Jhall ne'er depart"
II.
But I forgot thine Arm was ftrong,
Which made my Mountain ftand ib long;
Soon as thy Face began to hide,
My Health was gone, my Comforts dy'd^
I cry'd aloud to thee, my. God ?
*' What can'ft thou profit by my Blood ?
cc Deep in the Duft can I declare
" Thy Truth, or fing thy Goodnefs there?
IV.
u Hear me, O God of Grace ! I faid,
<c And bring me from among the Dead:"
Thy Word rebuk'd the Pains I felt,
Thy pardoning Love remov'd my Guilt
Psalm XXXL 7t
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v.
My Groans, and Tears, and Forms of Woe
Are turn'd to Joy and Praifes now ;
I throw my Sackcloth on the Ground,
And Eafe and Gladnefsgird me round.
VI.
My Tongue, the Glory of my Frame,
Shall ne'er be filent of thy Name ;
Thy Praife (hall found thro' Earrh and Heaven,
For Sicknefs heal'd, and Sins forgiven.
Psalm XXXI. 5, 13 — 19, 22,23. Firfi Part.
Deliverance from Death.
I.
Into thine Hand, O God of Truth,
My Spirit I commit y
Thou haft redeem'd my Soul from Death,
And fav'd me from the Pit.
II.
The Paflions of my Hope and Fear
Maintained a doubtful Strife,
While Sorrow, Pain, and Sin confpir'd
To take away my Life.
ill.
<c My Times are in thine Hand, I cry'd, .
" Tho' I draw near the Duji ;
Thou art the Refuge where I hide,
The God in whom I truft.
IV.
O make thy reconciled Face
Upon thy Servant (hi ne,
And fave me for thy Mercy-fake,
For I'm intirely thine,
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Pause.
v.
['Twas in my Hafte, my Spirit faid,
" Imuft defpair and die,
" / am cut off before thine Eyes ;
But thou haft heard my Cry.]
VI.
Thy Goodnefs how divinely free !
How wondrous is thy Grace,
To thofe that fear thy Majefty,
And truft thy Promifes !
VII.
O love the Lord, all ye his Saints,
And ling his Praifes loud ;
He'll bend his Ear to your Complaints,
And recompence the Proud.
Psalm XXXI. 7—13, 18—21. id Part,
Deliverance from Slander and Reproach*
I.
My Heart rejoices in thy Name,
My God, my Help, my Truft ;
Thou haft prefervM my Face from Shame,
Mine Honour from the Duft.
II.
1 My Life is fpent with Grief, I cry'd,
My Years confun/d in Groans,
€l My Strength decays, mine Eyes are dry'd*
? And Sorrow Waftes my Bones/!
ill.
Among mine Enemies my Name
Was a mere Proverb grown,
While to my Neighbours I became
Forgotten and unknown.
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IV.
Slander and Fear on every fide
SeizM and befet me round;
I to the Throne of Grace apply'd,
And fpeedy Refcue found.
Pause.
v.
How great Deliverance thou haft wrought
Before the Sons of Men !
The lying Lips to Silence brought,
And made their Boaftings vain !
vi. *
Thy Children, from the Strife of Tongues*
Shall thy Pavilion hide,
Guard them from Infamy and Wrongs,
And crufli the Sons of Pride.
VII.
Within thy fecret Prefence, Lord,
Let me for ever dwell $
No fenced City, wall'd and barr'd,
Secures a Saint fo well.
I have much tranfpofed the Parts of this Pfalm, that I might
unite the Verfes of the fame Senfe and Subject nearer together , <*«<£"
contrail them into two Divine Hymns,
Psalm XXXII. Short Metre.
Forgivenefs of Sins upon Confefjton.
I.
OBiessed Souls are they
Whofe Sins are cover'd o'er I
Divinely bleft, to whom the Lord
Imputes their Guilt no morel
II.
They mourn their Follies paft,
And keep their Hearts with Care ;
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Their Lips and Lives without Deceit,
Shall prove their Faith fincere.
III.
While I con'cealM my Guilt,
I felt the feftering Wound,
Till I confefs'd my Sins to thee,
And ready Pardon found.
IV.
Let Sinners learn. to pray,
Let Saints keep near the Throne;
Our Help, in times of deep Diftrefs,
Is found in God alone.
Ps a l m XXXII. Common Metre*
Free Pardon, and fincere Obedience \ or, Con~
feffion and Forgivenefs.
I.
a p p y the Man to whom his God
No more imputes his Sin,
But wafhM in the Redeemer's Blood,
Hath made his Garments clean 1
II.
Happy beyond Expreffion He,
Whofe Debts are thus difchargM ;
'And, from the guilty Bondage free,
He feels his Soul enlarg'd.
III.
His Spirit hates Deceit and Lyes,
His Words are all fincere ;
He guards his Heart, he guards his Eyes,
To keep his Confidence clear.
IV.
While I my inward Guilt fuppreft,
No Quiet could I find :
Thy
Psalm XXXII. 7^
Thy Wrath lay burning in my Bread,
And rack'd my tortur'd Mind.
v.
Thenlconfefs'd my troubled Thoughts,
My fecret Sins reveal'd ;
Thy pardoning Grace forgave my Faults,
Thy Grace my Pardon feal'd.
VI.
This fhall invite thy Saints to pray,
When, like a raging Flood,
Temptations rife, our Strength and Stay
Is a forgiving God.
Psalm XXXII. Firfi Part. Long Metre.
Repentance and Free Pardon ; or, Juftifica*
tion and SanElification.
I.
Bl e s t is the Man, for ever bleft,
Whofe Guilt is pardon'd by his God,
Whofe Sins with Sorrow are confefs'd,
And cover'd with his Saviour's Blood.
II.
Bleft is the Man to whom the Lord
Imputes not his Iniquities,
He pleads no Merit of Reward,
And not on Works, but Grace relies.
III.
From Guile his Heart and Lips are free,
His humble Joy, his holy Fear
With deep Repentance well agree,
And join to prove his Faith fincere.
v.
How glorious is that Righteoufnefs,
tThat hides and cancels all his Sins !
While
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While a bright Evidence of Grace
Thro* his whole Life appears and lhines.
Thefe tnvofirft Verjes of this Pfa/m being cited by the Apofllt i
in the \th Chap, Rom. to Jhe*w the Freedom of our Pardon and
Jufiifi cation by Grace without Works, I have, in this Verjion of \
ity enlarged the Senfe, by mention of the Blood of Chrift, and \
Faith and Repentance; andbecaufe the Pfalmifi adds, A Spirit
in which is no Guile, J have injerted that fincere Obedience,
which is a Scriptural Evidence of our Faith and Jufiifi cation.
Psalm XXXII. 2d Part. Long Metre.
A guilty Confcience eafed by ConfeJJion and
Pardon.
r,
WhilbI keep filence and conceal
My heavry Guilt withiit my Heart,
What Torments doth my Confcience feel!
What Agonies of inward Smart !
II.
I fpread my Sins before the Lord,
And all my fecret Faults confefs ;
Thy Gofpel fpeaks a pardoning Word,
Thine holy Spirit feals the Grace.
III.
For this fhall every humble Soul
Make fwift Addreffes to thy Seat ;
When Floods of huge Temptations roll.
There fhall they find a bleft Retreat.
IV. ^
How fafe beneath thy Wings I lie,
When Day^growdark,and Storms appea^ !
And when I walk, thy watchful Eye *N
Shall guide me fafe frcm every Snare.
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Psalm XXXIII. Fir ft Pan.
Common Metre.
Works of Creation and Providence.
I.
*]oice, ye Righteous in the Lord,
This Work belongs to you :
Sing of his Name, his Ways, his Word,
How holy, juft and true I
His Mercy and his Righteoufnefs
Let Heaven and Earth proclaim ;
His Works of Nature and of Grace
Reveal his wondrous Name.
III.
His Wifdom and Almighty Word
The heavenly Arches fpread ;
And by the Spirit of the Lord
Their fhining Hofts were made*
IV.
He bid the liquid Waters flow
To their appointed Deep *
The flowing Seas their Limits know,
And their own Station keep,
v.
Ye Tenants of the fpacious Earth,
With Fear before him ftand ;
He fpake, and Nature took its Birth3
And refts on his Command.
VI.
He fcorns the angry Nations Rage,
And breaks their vain Defigns ;
His Counfel ftands thro' every Age,
And in full Glory fhines.
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Psalm XXXIIL Second Part.
Common Metre.
Creatures vain, and God AU-fujficient.
I.
Blest is the Nation where the Lord
Hath fix'd his gracious Throne ;
Where he reveals his heavenly Word,
And calls their Tribes his own.
II.
His Eye, with infinite Survey,
Does the whole World behold j
He form'd us all of equal Clay,
And knows our feeble Mould,
ill.
Kings are not refcu'd by the force
Of Armiesirom the Grave ;
Nor Speed nor Courage of an Horfe
Can the bold Rider fave.
IV.
Vain is the Strength of Beafts or Men,
To hope for Safety thence ;
But holy Souls from God obtain
A ftrong andfure Defence,
v.
God is their Fear, and God their Truffc,
When Plagues or Famine fpread,
His watchful Eye fecures the Juft
Among ten thoufand Dead.
VI.
Lord, let our Hearts in thee rejoice,
And blefs us from thy Throne ;
For we have made thy Word our Choice,
And truft thy Grace alone.
Psalm
Psalm XXXIII.
Psalm XXXIII, as the 113 th Pfalm;
Fir ft Part.
TVorks of Creation and Providence.
Ye holy Souls in God rejoice,
YourMaker'sPraife becomes your Voice;
Great is yourTheme, your Songs be new r
Sing of his Name, his Word, his Ways,
His Works of Nature and of Grace,
How wife and holy, juft and truel
H.
Juftice and Truth he ever loves,
And the whole Earth his Goodnefs proves*
His Word the heavenly Arches fpread ;
How wide they fhine from North to South,
And by the Spirit of his Mouth
Were all the Scarry Armies made.
- III.
He gathers the wide-flowing Seas,
Thofe watry Treafures know their Place*
In the vaft Store-houfe of the Deep
He fpake, and gave all Nature Birth;
And Fires,and Seas,and Heaven, and Earth
His everlafting Orders keep.
IV.
Let Mortals tremble and adore
A God of fuch refiftlefs Power,
Nor dare indulge their feeble Rage :
Vain are your Thoughts, and weak your Hands,
But his eternal Counfel ftands,
And rules the World from Age to Age.
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Psalm XXXIII; as the 1 1 3 th Pf. 2d Pa*t,
Creatures *vain% and God All-fufficient.
I.
O happy Nation, where the Lord
Reveals the Treafure of his Word,
And builds hisChurch,his earthly Throne!
His Eye the Heathen World furveys,
Heform'd their Hearts,heknows their Ways,
But God their Maker is unknown.
II.
Let Kings rely upon their Hoft,
And of his Strength the Champion boaft j
In vain they boaft, in vain rely •
In vain we truft the brutal Force,
Or Speed, or Courage of a Horfe,
To guard his Rider or to fly.
The Eye of thyjCompaffion, Lord,
Doth more fecure Defence atford
When Deaths or Dangers threatningftand ;
Thy watchful Eye preferves the Juft,
Who make thy Name their Fear and Truft,
, When Wars or Famine wafte the Land*
IV.
In Sicknefs or the bloody Field,
Thou our Phyfician, Thou our Shield,
Send us Salvation from thy Throne;
We wait to fee thy Goodnefs fhine ;
Let us rejoice in Help Divine,
For all our Hope is God alone.
Psalm
^JP1>LM XXXIV. S5
Psalm XXXIV. Firft Part. Long Metre.
God's Care of the Saims ; or, Deliverance by
Prayer.
I.
Lor d, I will blefs thee all my Days,
Thy Praife fhall dwell upon my Tongue J
My Soul (hall glory in thy Grace,
While Saints rejoice to hear the Song.
II.
Come, magnify the Lord with me,
! Come, let us all exalt his Name;
I fought th* Eternal God, and He
' Has not expos'd my Hope to fhame.
III.
; I told him all my fecret Grief,
•My fecret Groaning reach'd his Ears;
jHe gave my inward Pains relief,
And calm'd the Tumult of my Fears.
IV.
To him the Poor lift up their Eyes,
Their Faces feel the Heavenly Shine;
A Beam of Mercy from the Skies
Fills them with Light and Joy Divine.
His holy Angels pitch their Tents
Around the Men that ferve the Lord,
Ofear and love him, all his Saints,
Tafte of his Grace and truft his Word.
VI.
The wild young Lions pinch'd with Pain
And Hunger roar thro* all the Wood,
But none (hail feek the Lord in vain,
Nor want fuppiies of real Good.
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Psalm XXXIV- 1 1—22. Second Part
Long Metre.
Religious Education j or r Inftru&ions of Piety.
Children in Years and Knowledge young,
Your Parents Hope, your Parents Joy>
Attend the Counfels of my Tongue,
Let pious Thoughts your Minds imploy.
If you defire a Length of Days,
And Peace to crown your mortal State,
Reftrain your Feet from impious Ways,
Your Lips from Slander and Deceit.
in.
The Eyes of God regard his Saints,
His Ears are open to their Cries ;
He fets his frowning Face againft
The Sons of Violence and Lyes.
IV.
Tjfo humble Souls and broken Hearts
God with his Grace is ever nigh ;
Pardon and Hope his Love imparts
When Men in deep Contrition lie.
v.
He tells theirTears, he counts their Groans,
His Son redeems their Souls from Death ',
His Spirit heals their broken Bones,
They in his Praife employ their Breath.
Psalm XXXIV. 1— 10. Firfi Part;
Common Metre.
Prayer and Praife for eminent Deliverance.
I'll blefs the Lord from Day to Day j
* How good are all his Ways !
Psalm XXXIV. 87
Ye humble Souls that ufe to pray,
Come, help my Lips to praife.
Sing to the Honour of his Name,
How a poor Sufferer cry'd,
Nor was his Hope expose! to fhame,
Nor was his Suit deny'd.
ill.
When threatning Sorrows round me flood,
And endlefs Fears arofe,
Like the loud Billows of a Flood,
Redoubling all my Woes ;
IV.
I told the Lord my fore Diftrefs
With heavy Groans and Tears,'
He gave my fharpeft Torments Eafe,'
And filene'd all my Fears,
Pause.
v.
CO Sinners, come and tafte his Love?
Come, learn his pleafant Ways,
And let your own Experience prove
The Sweetnefs of his Grace.
VI.
He bids his Angels pitch their Tents
Round where his Children dwell ;
What Ills their heavenly Care prevents.
No earthly Tongue can tell.]
VII.
[O love the Lord, ye Saints of his;
His Eye regards the Juft ;
How richly bleft their Portion is
Who make che Lord their Truft !
VIII.
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Psalm, XXXnT
VIII.
Young Lions pinch'd with Hunger roar,
And famifh in the Wood J
But God fupplies his holy Poor
With every needful Good.]
Psalm XXXIV. 11—12. Second Part.
Common Metre.
Exhortations to Peace and Hotinefs.
I.
Co m b, Children, learn to fear the Lord j
And that your Days be long,
Let not a falfe or fpiteful Word
Be found upon your Tongue.
Depart from Mifchief, praftife Love,
Purfuethe Works of Peace ,"
JBo fhall the Lord your Ways approve,
And fet your Souls ateafe.
ill.
His Eyes awake to guard the Juft,
His Ears attend their Cry ;
When broken Spirits dwell in Duft,
The God of Grace is nigh.
IV.
What tho' the Sorrows here they tafte
Are fharp and tedious too,
The Lord, who faves them all at laft,
Is their Supporter now.
I Evil fhall fmite the Wicked dead ;
But God fecures his own,
Prevents the Mifchief when they Aide,
Or heals the broken Bone.
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Psalm XXXV. 89
vi. *
When Defolation like a Flood
O er the proud Sinner rolls,
Saints find a Refuge in their God,
For he redeemed their Souls.
Psalm XXXV. i— <?. The Firfi Part.
Prayer and Faith of perfecuted Saints ; or,
Imprecations mix'd with Charity.
I.
Now plead my Caufe, Almighty God,
With all the Sons of Strife,-
And fight againft the Men of Blood,
Who fight againft my Life.
Draw out thy Spear and ftop their Way,
Lift thine avenging Rod ;
But to my Soul in Mercy fay,
1 am thy Saviour-God.
III.
They plant their Snares to catch my Feet,
And Nets of Mifchief fpread ;
Plunge the Deftroyers in the Pit
That their own Hands have made.
IV.
Let Fogs and Darknefs hide their Way,
And flippery be their Ground ,•
Thy Wrath (hall make their Lives a Prey^
And all their Rage confound.
v.
They fly like Chaff before the Wind,
Before thine angry Breath;
The Angel of the Lord behind
Purfues them down to Death.
VI.
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VI.
They love the Road that leads to Hell;
Then let the Rebels die,
Whofe Malice is implacable
Againft the Lord on high.
VII.
But if thou haft a chofen few
Amongft that impious Race ;
Divide them from the bloody Crew
By thy furprizing Grace.
VIII.
Then will I raife my tuneful Voice
To make thy Wonders known j
In their Salvation I'll rejoice,
And blefs thee for my own.
St. 6. Among the Imprecations that David ufes againft his Ad~
verfaries in this Pfalm, I have adventured to turn the Edge of
fame of them away from Perfonal Enemies againft the implacable
Enemies of God in the World,
St. 7. 8. Agreeably to the Spirit of the Go/pel I have here fur-
ther mollified thefe Imprecations by a charitable Diftin&ion and
Petition for their Souls, which Spirit of Evangelic Charity ap-
pears fo confpicuous in the 12, 13, and 14 verfes of the Pfalm,
that I could not forbear to form them into a jhort difiinSt Hymn,
enlarging on that glorious Char atler of a Chriftian, Love to our
Enemies, commanded fo particularly, and Jo divinely exemplify* &
by Chrift himjelf.
Psalm XXXV. v. 12, 13, 14. 2d Part.
Love to Enemies; or, the Love of Chrift to
Sinners typify d in David.
Behold the Love, the generous Love
That holy David fhows ;
Hark, how his founding Bowels move
To his affti&ed Foesl
II.
When they are fick, his Soul complains,
And feems to feel the Smart;
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The Spirit of the Gofpel reigns,
And melcs his pious Heart.
III.
How did his flowing Tears condole
As for a Brother dead 1
And Fading mortify *d his Soul,
While for their Life he pray'd.
IV,
They groan'd j and curft him on their Bed,
Yet ftill he pleads and mourns ;
And double Bleffings on his Head
The righteous God returns,
v.
O glorious Type of Heavenly Grace !
Thus Cbrifi the Lord appears;
While Sinners curfe, the Saviour prays,
And pities them with Tears.
VI.
He the true David, lfraefo King,
Eieft and Belov'd of God,
To fave us Rebels dead in Sin
Paid his own deareft Blood.
Set the Notes on the firji Part of this Pfalm. St. I. found-
ing of the Bowels it a Scriptural Metaphor, Ifa. 63. 15.
Psalm XXXVI. 5 — 9, Long Metre.
The Perfections and Providence of God ; or,
General Providence and Special Grace.
I.
Hi gh in the Heavens, Eternal God,
Thy Goodnefs in full Glory fhines ;
Thy Truth fhall break thro* every Cloud
That vails and darkens thy Defigns.
For ever firm thy Juftice ftands,
As Mountains their Foundations keep;
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Wife are the Wonders of thy Hands ;
Thy Judgments are a mighty Deep.
ill.
Thy Providence is kind and large*
Both Man and Beaft thy Bounty (hare;
The whole Creation is thy Charge,
But Saints are thy peculiar Care.
IV.
My God ! how excellent thy Grace ;
Whence all our Hope and Comfort fprings!
The Sons of Adam in Diftrefs
Fly to the Shadow of thy Wings.
From the Provifions of thy Houfe
We fhall be fed with fweet Repaft •
There Mercy like a River flows,
And brings Solvation to our Tafte.
VI.
Life, like a Fountain rich and free,
Springs from the Prefenceof my Lord ;
And in thy Light our Souls (hall fee
The Glories promised in thy Word.
Psalm XXXVL ^.1,2,5,6, 7,9. Com.
Met. PraElkal Atheifm expos' d ; or, the Be-
ing and Attributes of God ejferted.
I:
While Men grow bold in wicked Ways,
And yet a God they own,
My Heart within me often fays,
fc< Their Thoughts believe There's- none.
II.
Their Thoughts and Ways at once declare,
(Whatever their Lips profefs)
God
Psalm XXXVI. 9$
God hath no Wrath for them to fear,
Nor will they feek his Grace,
ill.
What ftrange Self-flattery blinds theirEyes!
But there's a haftning Hour
When they (hall fee with fore Surprize
The Terrors of thy Power.
IV.
*Thy Jufticefliall maintain its Throne,
Tho* Mountains melt away 5
Thy Judgments are a World unknown,
A deep unfathomM Sea.
v.
Above thefe Heavens created Rounds
Thy Mercies, Lord, extend,-
Thy Truth out-lives the narrow Bounds
Where Time and Nature end.
vi.
Safety to Man thy Goodnefs brings,
Nor overlooks the Beaft •
Beneath the Shadow cf thy Wings
Thy Children chufe to reft.
VII.
[From thee,whenCreature-ftreams runlow^
And mortal Comforts die,
Perpetual Springs of Life (hall flow,
And raife our Pleafures high.
VIII.
Tho' all created Light decay,
And Death clofe up our Eyes,
Thy Preience makes eternal Day
Where Clouds cap never rife.]
F 2 Psalm
94 Psalm. XXXVI.
■
Psalm XXXVI. 1—7. Short Metre,
The JVickednefs of Man, and the Majefly of j
God > or, Practical Atheifm exposed.
I.
When Man grows bold in Sin,
My Heart within me cries,
<c He hath no Faith of God within,
6< Nor Fear before his Eyes.
II.
[He walks a while conceafd
In a Self-flattering Dream,
Till his dark Crimes at once reveafd
Expofe his hateful Name.]
III.
His Heart is falfe and foul.
His Words are fmooth and fair ;
Wifdom is banifliM from his Soul,
And leaves no Goodnefs there.
IV.
He plots upon his Bed
New Mifchiefs to fulfill ;
He fets his Heart, and Hand, and Head
To pra&ife all that's ill.
v.
But there's a dreadful God
Tho' Men renounce his Fear ;
His Juftice hid behind the Cloud
Shall one great Day appear.
VI.
His Truth tranfcends the Sky,
In Heaven his Mercies dwell;
Deep as the Sea his Judgments lie,
His Anger burns to Hell.
VII.
tsalm xxxvii. 95
VII.
How excellent his Love,
Whence all our Safety fprings I
0 never let my Soul remove
From underneath his Wings!
Psalm XXXVII. i — 15. Firfi Pare.
The Cure of Envy, Fretfulnefs and Unbelief',
or, The Rewards of the Righteous and the
Wicked ; or, The World's Hatred and the
Saint's Patience.
I.
Wh y fhould I vex my Soul, and fret
To fee the Wicked rife ?
Or envy Sinners waxing great
By Violence and Lyes ?
11.
As flowry Grafs cut down at Noon,
Before the Evening fades,
So (hall their Glories vanifh foon
In everlafting Shades.
b Hi.
Then let me make the Lord my Truft,
And pra&ife all that's Good ;
So (hall I dwell amongft the Juft>
And he'll provide me Food.
IV.
1 to my God my Ways commit,
And chearful wait his Will 5
Thy Hand,which guides my doubtful Feet,
Shall my Defires fulfill,
v.
Mine Innocence (halt Thou difplay,
And make thy Judgments known,
Fj: Fair
96 Psalm XXXVL
Fair as the Light of dawning Day,
And glorious as the Noon.
VI.
The Meek at laft the Earth poflefs,
And are the Heirs of Heav'a ;
True Riches with abundant Peace
To humble Souls are giv'n.
Pause.
vil
Reft in the Lord and keep his Way,
Nor let your Anger rife,
Tho' Providence fhould long delay
To puniih haughty Vice.
VIII.
Let Sinners join to break your Peace,
And plot, and rage, and foam ;
The Lord derides them, for he fees
Their Day of Vengeance come.
ix7
LThey have drawn out the threatning Sword*
Have bent the murderous Bow,
To flay the Men that fear the Lord
And bring the Righteous low.
A..
My God lhall break their Bows* and burn
Their perfecuting Darts,
Shall their own Swords againft them turn,
And Painfurprize their Hearts.
I have tur.t'd the divine InflruElions at the Beginning of this
nte tue Form of holy Purfofes, as more affe&ing and lively*
Psalm
Psalm XXXVII. 97
Psalm XXXVII. 16,21,26— 31. id Pan
Charity to the Poor ; or, Religion in Words
and Deeds.
I.
Wh y do the wealthy Wicked boaft,
And grow profanely bold ?
The meaneft Portion of the Juft
Excels the Sinner's Gold.
II.
The Wicked borrows of his Friends,
But ne'er deligns to pay;
The Saint is merciful and lends,
Nor turns the Poor away.
Hi.
His Alms with liberal Heart he gives
Amongft the Sons of Need ;
His Memory to long Ages lives,
And blefled is his Seed.
IV.
His Lips abhor to talk profane,
To (lander or defraud ;
His ready Tongue declares to Men
What he has learnt of God.
v.
The Law and Gofpel of the Lord
Deep in his Heart abide ;
Led by the Spirit and the Word,
His Feet fhall never Qide.
VI.
When Sinners fall, the Righteous ftand,
Preferv'd from every Snare •
They fhall poffefs the promis'd Land,
And dwell for ever There.
F 4 Psalm
Psalm XXXVII.
Psalm XXXVII. 23—37. I^ird Part.
The Way and End of the Righteous and
Wicked.
I.
My God, the Steps of pious Men
Areorder'd by thy Will;
Tho' they ftiouldfal), they rife again,
Thy Hand fupports them ftill.
The Lord delights to fee their Ways,
Their Virtue he approves;
He'll ne'er deprive them of his Grace,
Nor leave the Men he loves.
III.
The heavenly Heritage is theirs,
Their Portion and their Home ;
He feeds them now, and makes them Heirs
Of Blefllngs long to come.
IV.
Wait on the Lord, ye Sons of Men,
Nor fear when Tyrants frown;
Ye fhall confefs their Pride was vain,
When Juftice cafts them down.
Pause.
v.
The haughty Sinner have I feen
Nor fearing Man nor God,
Like a tall Bay-Tree fair and green,
Spreading his Arms abroad.
VI.
And lo, he vanHh'd from the Ground,
DeftroyM by Hands unfeen ;
Nor Root, nor Branch, nor Leaf was found,
Where all that Pride had been.
vir.
Psalm XXXVIII. 9ft
VII.
But mark the Man of Righteoufnefs,
His ieveral Steps attend ;
True Pleafure runs thro' all his Ways,
And peaceful is his End.
This long Pjalm abounds ivith ufeful Injiruclions , and En*
couragements to Piety, but the Verfes are very much unconnected
and independent : Therefore I have contracled and tranfyojcd
them fo at to reduce them to three Hymns of a moderate Length,
and ivith feme Connexion of the Senfe.
Psalm XXXVIII.
Guilt of Confcience, and Relief; ©r, Repentance
and Prayer for Pardon and Health.
I.
Amidst thy Wrath remember Love;
Reftore thy Servant, Lord ;
Nor let a Father's Chaftening prove
Like an Avenger's Sword.
II.
Thine Arrows ftick within my Heartr
My Flefh is forelypreft;
Between the Sorrow and the Smart
My Spirit finds no Reft.
Ill,
My Sins a heavy Load appear,
And o'er my Head are gone ;
Too heavy They for me to bear,
Too hard for me c 'atone.
VI.
My Thoughts are like a troubled Sen,
My Head ftill bending down ;
And I go mourning all the Day
Beneath my Father's Frown,
v.
Lord, I am weak and broken fore,
None of my Pow'rs are whole ;
— F s ~~ — . The
loo Psalm XXXVIII.
"The inward Anguifh makes me roar,
The Anguifh of my Soul.
VI.
All my Defire to Thee is known,
Thine Eye counts every Tear,
And every Sigh, and every Groan
Is notic'd by thine Ear.
VII.
Thou art my God, my only Hope ;
My God will hear my Cry,
My God will bear my Spirit up
When •Sawn bids me die.
VIII.
CMy Foot is ever apt to Aide,
My Foes rejoice to fee't ;
They raife their Pleafure and their Pride,
When they fupplant my Feet.
IX.
But I'll confefs my Guilt to Thee,
And grieve for all my Sin,
I'll mourn, how weak my Graces be.
And beg Support Divine.
X.
My God forgive my Follies paft,
And be for ever nigh ;
O Lord of my Salvation, hafte
! Before thy Servant die.]
Psalm XXXIX. i; 2, 3. Firfl Parti
\ TVatcbfuhiefs over the "Tongue • or, Prudeu
and Zeal.
L
h u s I refolv'd before the Lord,
" Now will I watch my Tongue, j
V Lelfi
a
T
Psalm XXXIX.
u Left I let flip one finful Word,
" Or do my Neighbour wrong.
And if I'm e'er conftrain'd to flay
With Men of Lives profane,
I'll fet a double Guard that Day,
Nor let my Talk be vain.
III.
I'll fcarce allow my Lipstofpeak
The pious Thoughts I feel,
Left Scoffers fhould th* Occalion take
To mock my holy Zeal.
IV.
Yet if fome proper Hour appear,
I'll not be over-aw'd,
Rut let the fcoffing Sinners hear
That we can fpeak for God.
I have not confined my j elf here to the Senfe of the PfalmjJ?)
but have taken Occajion from the three firjl Vtrfes } ti write a fbort
' Hymn on the Government of the Tongue.
Psalm XXXIX. 4, 5, 6, 7. Second Part*
Tke Vanity of Man as Mortal.
I.
Teach me the Meafure of my Days,
Tnou Maker of my Frame ;
I would furvey Life's narrow Sp^ce,
And learn how frail I am.
II.
A Span is all that we can boaft,
An Inch or two of Time ;
Man is but Vanity and Duft
In all his Flower and Prime.
ill.
See the vain Race of Mortals move
Like Shadows o'er the Plain,
Ti.ey
1 —
102 Psalm XXXIX.
They rage and ftrive, defire and love,
But all the Noife is vain.
IV.
Some walk in Honour's gaudy Show,
Some dig for golden Ore,
They toil for Heirs they know not who.
And ftrait are feen no more,
v.
What fhould I wifh or wait for then
From Creatures, Earth and Duft ?
fThey make our Expe&ations vain,
And difappoint our Truih
Now I forbid my carnal Hope,
My fond Defires recall ;
I give my mortal Intereft up,
And make my God my All.
Psalm XXXiX. 9—13. Third Part.
Sick- Bed Devotion; or, Pleading without
Repining.
I.
God of my Life, look gently down,
Behold the Pains I feel ;
But I am dumb before thy Throne,
Nor dare difpute thy WilL
Difeafes are thy Servants, Lord,
They come at thy Command ;
I'll not attempt a murmuring Word
Againft thy chaft'ning Hand.
Yet I may plead with humble Cries,
Remove thy (harp Rebukes j
My
Psalm XL. 103
My Strength confumes, my Spirit dies
Through thy repeated Strokes.
Crufh'd as a Moth beneath thy Hand,
We moulder to the Duft ;
Our feeble Powers can ne'er withftand^
And all our Beauty's loft,
v.
[This mortal Life decay s apace,
How foon the Bubble's broke ,!
Adam and all his numerous Race
Are Vanity and Smoke.]
VI.
Tm but a Sojourner below,
As all my Fathers were,
May I be well prepaid to go
When I the Summons hear!
VII.
But if my Life be fpar'd a while,']
Before my laft Remove,
Thy Praife fhall be my Bufmefs ftilJ,
And I'll declare thy Love.
PsalmXL. 1, 2, 3, 5, 17. Firfi Pan,
Common Metre.
A Song of Deliverance from great Diftrefs,
I.
f Waited patient for the Lord>
He bow'd to hear my Cry ;
He faw me retting on his Word,
And brought Salvation nigh.
II.
He rais'd me from a horrid Pit,
Where mourning long I lay,
And
104 Psalm XLf
And from my Bonds released my Feer*
Deep Bonds of miry Clay.
ill.
Firm on a Rock he made me ftand,
And taughc my chearful Tongue
To praife the Wonders of his Hand,
In a new thankful Song,
iv. *
1*V fpread his Works of Grace abroad ;
The Saints with Joy (hall hear,
And Sinners learn to make my God
Their only Hope and Fear,
v.
How many are thy Thoughts of Love !
Thy Mercies, Lord, how great !
We have not Words nor Hours enough
Their Numbers to repeat.
VI.
When I'm afflifted, poor and low,
And Light and Peace depart,
My God beholds my heavy Woe,
And bears me on his Heart.
Psalm XL. 6—9. 2d Part. Cam. Metre.
7 he Incarnation and Sacrifice of Chrifh
L
THUS faith theLord, c€ Your Work is -vaii,
" Give your Burnt-Offerings o'er,
c< In dying Goats and Bullocks (lain
<c My Soul delights no more.
1/.,
Then fpake the Saviour, ' Lo I'm here,
" My God, to do thy Willi
" Whate'er thy facred Bx>ks declare,
£ Thy Servant fhall fulfill.
HI..
Psalm XL. 105
in.
u Thy Law is ever in my Sighr,
" I keep it near my Heart ;
" Mine Ears are open'd with Delight
" To what thy Lips impart.
IV.
And fee, the bleft Redeemer comes,
Th* Eternal Son appears,
And at th* appointed Time affumes
The Body God prepares,
v.
Much he reveal'd his Father's Grace,
And much his Truth he (hew^d,
And preach'd the Way of Righteoufnefs,
Where great Aflemblies flood.
VI.
His Father's Honour touched his Hearr,
He pity'd Sinners Cries,
And to fulfill a Saviour's Part,
Was made a Sacrifice.
Pause.
vii.
No Blood of Beads on Altars fhed
Could wafh the Conference clean,
But the rich Sacrifice he paid
Atones for all our Sin.
VIII.
'Then was the great Salvation fpread,
And Satan s Kingdom fhook ;
Thus by the Woman's promised Seed
The Serpent's Head was broke.
If David bad written this Pjalm in the Days of ibeGcfpe!>
purely be would have given a much mere exprefs and particular Ac
Uount of the Sacrifice ofChnik, as he hath done of bis Preachings
V* 9) IQ* and enlarged as Paul docs in Hebt 10.4. fifc wberl
this
io6 Psalm XL.
this Pfalm is cited, I ha*ve done no more therefore in this Para~
phrafe, than ivhat Vm pervaded the Pfalmift hi mfelf would have
done in the Time of Cbrijiianity.
The Scriptures which I have ufed here on this Occajion, are>
He'b. 10. 4. It is not pofiible the Blood of Bulls and of Goats
fhould take away Sin. V, 5. A Bcdy haft thou prepared me.
John 7. 18. I feek the Glory of him that fentme. Heb. 10. 26.
He appeared to put away Sin, by the Sacrifice of himfelf. Gen.
3. 15, The Seed of the Woman mail bruife the Serpent's Head,
Psalm XL. 5 — 10. Long Metre.
Chrift our Sacrifice.
I;
T^HEWonders,Lord,thyLovehas wrought,
Exceed our Praife, furmount our Thought,
Should I attempt the long Detail,
My Speech would faint, my Numbers fail.
II.
No Blood of Beafts on Altars fpilt,
Can clean fe the Souls of Men from Guile ;
But thou haft fet before our Eyes
An All-Sufficient Sacrifice.
in.
Lo! thine Eternal Son appears,
To thy Defigns he bows his Ears,
Affumes a Body well prepaid,
And well performs a Work fo hard,
IV.
c< Behold, I come (the Saviour cries,
With Love and Duty in his Eyes)
" I come to bear the heavy Load
11 Of Sins, and do thy Will, my God.
v.
€ 'Tis written in thy great Decree,
*Tis in thy Book foretold of Me,
tc I muft fulfill the Saviour's Part,
* And lo ! thy Law is in my Heart.
VI. :
Psalm *L1. T07
— — VI.
'l I'll magnify thy holy Law,
" And Rebels to Obedience draw,
<c When on my Crofs I'm lifted high,
" Or to my Crown above the Sky.
VII.
c< The Spirit (hall defcend and fhow
" What thou haft done, and what I do,*
" The wond'ring World ilva'H learn thy Grace,
<f Thy Wifdom and thy Ri^hteoufnefs.
Be/ides fome of the Scriptures mentioned under the former Metre,
1 have here made ufe of thefe a/fc, i John 3. 5. The Son of God
was manifefted, ftnr. t Pet. 2. 24. He bare our Sins. Ifa. 42. 21
He will magnify the Law and make it honourable. John 12, 32
If I be lifted up, I will draw all Men to me. John 16. 14* The
Spirit mall receive of mine, and mew it unto you.
Psalm XLI. i, 2, 3.
Charity to the Poor; or, Pity to the AfjliEled.
I.
Blest is the Man whofe Bowels move.
And melt with Pity to the Poor,
Whofe Soul, by fympathizing Love,
Feels what his Fellow-Saints endure.
II.
His Heart contrives, for their Relief,
More Good than his own Hands can do i
He, in the time of general Grief,
Shall find the Lord has Bowels too.
III.
His Soul fhall live fecure on Earth,
With fecret Bleflings on his Head,
When Drought, and Peftilence, and Dearth
Around him multiply their Dead.
IV.
Or if he languifh on his Couch,
God will pronounce his Sins forgiven,
Will
!**
08 Psalm XLII.
Will fave him with a healing Touch,
Or take his willing Soul to Heaven.
The ten lafl Verjes of this Pfalm are of quite another Suh-
jecl, relating to David5* perfonal Enemies , which being Jo fre~
quently repeated, 1 have often omitted.
The pojitive Blejfmgs of long Life, Health, Recovery, and
Security, in the midfi of Dangers, being Jo much promised in the
\ Old Teftament, and Jo little in the New 5 / have given a Turn
; at the End of this Hymn, to difcourage a too confident Expecla-
; tion of thefe Temporal Things, and led the Soul to Heavenly
Hopes, more agreeable to the Go/pel. ,
Psa l m XLII. 1—5. Firft Part.
Defertion and Hope ; or, Complaint of
Abfence from Pub lick Wwftip.
I.
\KJ ith earneft Longings of the Mind,
V V My God, to Thee I look j
So pants the hunted Hart to find
And tafte the cooling Brook.
II.
When (hall I fee thy Courts of Grace,
And meet my God again ?
So long an Abfence from thy Face,
My Heart endures with Pain.
III.
Temptations vex my weary Soul,
And Tears are my Repaft ;
The Foe infults without Controul,
" And where's your God at lafl ?"
IV.
3Tis with a mournful Pleafure now
I think on antient Days ;
Then to thy Houfe did Numbers go*
And all our Work was Praife.
v.
But why, my Soul, funk down fo far
Beneath this heavy Load ?
Wh£
Psalm XL11. io?
Why do my Thoughts indulge Defpair,
And fin againft my God ?
VI.
Hope in the Lord, whofe mighty Hand
Can all thy Woes remove :
For I fhall yet before Him ftand,
And fing reftoring Love.
Psalm XL II. 6 i 1. Second Part J
Melancholy Thoughts reproved; or, Hope in
AffHBions.
i.
My Spirit finks within me, Lord,
But I will call thy Name to mindJ
And Times of paft Diftrefs record,
When I have found my God was kind.
II.
Huge Troubles, with tumultuous Noife,
I Swell like a Sea, and round me fpread.
Thy Water-fpouts drown all my Joys,
And rifing Waves roll o'er my Head.
III.
Yet will the Lord command his Love,
When I addrefs his Throne by Day,
Nor in the Night his Grace remove ;
The Night (hall hear me fing and pray.
IV.
I'll caft myfelf before his Feet,
And fay, " My God, my heavenly Rock,
Why doth thy Love fo long forget
11 TheSoul that groans beneath thy Stroke ?
v.
Til chide my Heart that finks fo low,
Why (hould my Soul indulge her Grief >
Hope in the Lord, and praife him too j
He is my Reft, my fure Relief.
VI,
iio Balm XLtJL
VI.
Thy Light and Truth fhall guide me ft ill,
Thy Word (hall my beft Thoughts employ,
And lead me to thine heavenly Hill,
My God; my moft exceeding Joy.
The 43^ Pfalm is fo near a-kin to this, that I have omitted it,
only borrowing the yiand qtb Verfei to conclude this Hymn,
Psalm XLIV. i, 2, 3, 8, ij — 26.
7%e Church's Complaint in Perfecution.
I.
Iord, we have heard thy Works of old,
j Thy Works of Power and Grace,
When to our Ears our Fathers told
The Wonders of their Days*
IT.
How thou didft build thy Churches here,
And make thy Gofpel known ;
Amongft them did thine Arm appear,
Thy Light and Glory fhone.
In God they boafted all the Day,
And in a chearful Throng
Did Thoufands meet to praife and pray,
And Grace was all their Song.
IV.
But now our Souls are feiz'd with fhame,
Confufion fills our Face,
To hear the Enemy blafpheme,
And Fools reproach thy Grace,
v.
Yet have we not forgot our God,
Nor falfely dealt with Heaven,
Nor have our Steps declined the Road
Of Duty thou haft given. !
v 1 «
Psalm XLIV.
in
VI.
Tho Dragons all around us roar
With their deftruftive Breath,
And thine own Hand hasbruis'd us fore-
Hard by the Gates of Death.
Pause.
vii.
We are exposM all Day to die
As Martyrs for thy Caufe,
As Sheep for Slaughter bound we lie
By (harp and bloody Laws.
VIII.
Awake, arife, Almighty Lord,
Whyfleeps thy wonted Grace ?
Why fhould we look like Men abhorr'd,
Or banifh'd from thy Face >
j IX.
Wilt thou for ever caft us off,
| And ftill negled our Cries ?
por ever hide chine hea veal y Love
From our a /Rifted Eyes ?
_ x.
Down to the Duft our Soul is bow'd,
And dies upon the Ground;
Rife for our Help, rebuke the Proud,
And all their Powers confound.
XI.
Redeem us from perpetual Shame,
Our Saviour and our God •
^PuIewthe Honours °f thy Name,
J he Merits of thy Blood.
Psalm
(TTS.-. " PSaLM XLV.
Psalm XLV. Short Metre.
27;* G/o?'> o/Chrift, *fo .SWc?/} o/ffo (?^/
and the Gentile Church.
I.
My Saviour and my King,
Thy Beauties are Divine ;
Thy Lips with Bleffings overflow*
And every Grace is thine.
II.
Now make thy Glory known,
Gird on thy dreadful Sword,
And ride in Majefty tofpread
The Conquefts of thy Word.
HI.
Strike thro5 thy ftubborn Foes,
Or melt their Hearts t'obey,
While Juftice, Meeknefs,Grace and Truth
Attend thy glorious Way.
IV.
Thy Laws, O God, are right,-
Thy Throne ftiall ever ftand ,•
And thy victorious Gofpel proves
A Sceptre in thy Hand,
v.
[Thy Father and thy God
Hath without Meafure fhed,
His Spirit like a joyful Oil
T'anoint thy Sacred Head.]
VI.
[Behold, at thy right Hand r
The Gentile Church is feen,
Like a fair Bride in rich Attire,
And Princes guard the Queen.]
VII.
Psalm XLV«
113
VII.
Fair Bride, receive his Love,
Forget thy Father's Houfe ;
Foriake thy Gods, thy Idcl-Gods,
And pay thy Lord thy Vows.
Olct thy God and King
Thy fweeteft Thoughts employ ;
Thy Children (hall his Honours fing
In Palaces of Joy.
ilbis Pfalm is a Defcription of the perfonal Gloria of Chrift,
and the Succcfs of his Go/pel $ and probably it refers to the Gen-
tile Church, bccaujc Jhe is bid to forget her Father's Houfe 5 all
{under the Type of Solomon's Marriage to Pharaoh* J Daughter.
St. 5. John 3. 34. God givethnot the Spirit by raeafure un-
to him.
Psalm XLV. Common Metre.
The Perfonal Glories and Government of Chrifh
I.
I'll fpeak the Honours of my King,
* His Form divinely fair ;
None of the Sons of mortal Race
May with the Lord compare.
Sweet is thy Speech, and heavenly Grace
Upon thy Lips is fhed;
Thy God, with Bleflings infinite,
Hath crown'd thy Sacred Head.
III.
Gird on thy Sword, vi&orious Prince,
Ride with majeftickSway ;
Thy Terrors (hall flrike thro' chy Foes,
And make the World obey.
IV.
LThy Throne, O God, for ever Hands ;
Thy Word of Grace fhall prove
1 A
Uj- Psalm XLV.
A peaceful Sceptre in thy Hands,
To rule the Saints bv Love.
v.
Juftice and Truth attend thee ftill,
But Mercy is thy Choice ;
And God, thy God, thy Soul fhall fill
With moft peculiar Joys.
Psalm XLV. Firft Part. Long Metre.
The Glory o/Chrift, and Power of his Go/pel.
I,
Now be my Heart inipir'd to fing
The Glories of my Saviour* King,
Jefus the Lord ; how heavenly fair
His Form ! how bright his Beauties are !
II.
O'er all the Sons of human Race
He fhines with a fuperiour Grace,
Love from his Lips divinely flows,
And Bleflings all his State compofe.
III.
Drefs thee in Arms, moft mighty Lord,
Gird on the Terror of thy Sword,
In Majefty and Glory ride,
With Truth and Meeknefs at thy fide.
IV.
Thine Anger like a pointed Dart,
Shall pierce the Foes of ftubborn Heart ;
Or Words of Mercy, kind and fweet,
Shall melt the Rebels at thy Feet.
V.
Thy Throne, O God, for ever ftands,
Grace is the Sceptre in thy Hands;
Thy Laws and Works are juft and right,
Tufticc and Grace are thy Delight,
VI
Psalm XLV. 115
VI.
God, thine own God, has richly (hed
His Oil of Gladnefs on thy Head;
And with his facred Spirit bleft
His Firft-born Son above the reft.
Psalm XLV. Second Part. Long Metre;
Chrift and his Church ; or* the Myftlcal
Marriage.
I.
Th e King of Saints, how fair his FacseJ
Adorn a with Majefty and Grace!
He comes with Blefllngs from above.
And wins the Nations to his Love.
II.
At his right Hand our Eyes behold
The Queen array Jd in pureft Gold;
The World admires her heavenly Drefs;
Her Robe of Toy and Righteoufnefs.
III.
He forms her Beauties like his own,
He calls and feats her near his Throne :
Fair Stranger, let thine Heart forget
The Idols of thy native State.
IV.
So (hall the King the more rejoice
In thee, the Favourite of his Choice •
Let him be lov'd and yet ador'd,
For he's thy Maker and thy Lord.
O happy Hour, when thou (halt rife
To his fair Palace in the Skies,
And all thy Sons (a numerous Train)
Each like a Prince in Glory reign 1
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vl
Let endlefs Honours crown his Head;
Let every Age his Praifes fpread ;
While we with chearful Songs approve
The Condefcenfions of his Love.
See the Notes on the Short Metre.
Psalm XL VI. Fir ft Part.
[fXhe Chuntis Safety and Triumph among na~
tional Defolations.
I.
Gi o d is the Refuge of his Saints,
[ When Storms of (harp Diflrefsinvade ;
|E*er we ean offer our Complaints
Behold him prefent with his Aid.
II.
Let Mountains from their Seats be hurlM
Down to the Deep, and buried there;
Convulfions fhake the folid World,
Our Faith fhail never yield to Fear.
in.
Loud may the troubled Oceari roar.
In facred Peace our Souls abide,
While every Nation, every Shore
^Trembles, and dreads the fwelling Tide,
iv. ■
jThere is a Stream whofe gentle Flow
Supplies the City of our God ;
Life, Lbve aw4 Joy ftill gliding thro*,
And watering our divine Abode,
v.
That facred Stream, thine holy Word,
That all our raging Fear controuls :
Sweet Peace thy Promifes afford,
And give new Strength to fainting Souls.
■ ■-•• VI.
*
Psalm X LVI. i 1 7
VI.
Sion enjoys her Monarch's Love,
Secure againft athreatning Hour ;
Nor can her firm Foundations move,
Builc on his Truth, and arm'd with PowVr
Psalm XLVX Second Part.
God fights for his Church.
I.
Le t Sion in her King rejoice,
TW Tyrants rage and Kingdoms rife ;
He utters his Almighty Voice,
The Nations melt, the Tumult dies.
II.
The Lord of old for Jacob fought,
And Jacob's God is ftill our Aid ;
Behold the Works his Hand has wrought^
What Defolations he has made.
III.
From Sea to Sea thro* all the Shores,
He makes the Noife of Battle ceafe ;
When from on high his Thunder roars,
He awes the trembling World to Peace.
IV.
He breaks the Bow, he cuts the Spear,
Chariots he burns with heavenly Flame j
Keep filence all the Earth, and hear
The Sound and Glory of his Name,
v.
Be ftill, and learn that I am God,
I'll be exalted o'er the Lands,
I will be known and fear'd abroad,
But ftill my Throne in Sion ftands.
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O Lord of Hofts, Almighty King,
While we fo near thy Prelence dwell,
Our Faith fhall fit fecure, and fing
Defiance to the Gates of HelL
Psalm XL VII.
Chrift Afcending and Reigningl
I.
OFor a Shout of facred Joy
To God the fovereign King !
Let every Land their Tongues employ,
And Hymns of Triumph fing.
II.
Jefus our God afcends on high 5
His heavenly Guards around
Attend him riling thro* the Sky,
With Trumpets' joyful Sound.
While Angels fhout and praife their King,
Let Mortals learn their Strains;
Let all the Earth his Honour fing;
O'er all the Earth he reigns.
IV.
Rehearfe his Praife with Awe profound,
Let Knowledge lead the Song,
Nor mock him with a folemn Sound
Upon a thoughtlefs Tongue.
In Ifrael ftood his Antient Throne,
He lov'd that chofen Race,
But now he calls the World his own,
And Heathens tafte his Grace.
VI
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Psalm XLVIII. 119
VI.
The Britifh Iflands are the Lord's,
There Abraham's God is known,
While Powers and Princes^ Shields and Swords,
Submit before his Throne,
The Afcent of Chrift into Heaven is typify'd in this Pfatm, by
the Ark brought up to Zion. 2 Sam. 6. 15. And the Kingdom
cf Chrift among the Gen tiles, is here reprcfented by David'; ViEiory
rver the Nations, V. 3. I have chofen to omit the Type, and do
Honour to my ajcending and reigning Saviour in morg exprsft
Language,
Psalm XLVIII. 1—8. Fir ft Part.
Ihe Church is the Honour and Safety of a
Nation.
I.
Lf"^ R e a t is the Lord our God,
VJT And lee his Praife be great j
He makes his Cnurches his Abode,
His mod delightful Seat.
II.
Thefe Temples of his Grace,
How beautiful they (land !
The Honours of our Native Place,
And Bulwarks of our Land.]
ill.
In Sion God is known
A Refuge in Diftrefs ;
How bright has his Salvation (hone
Through all her Palaces !
IV.
When Kings againft her join'd,
And faw the Lord was there,
In wild Confufion of the Mind
They fled with hafty Fear.
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izo Psalm XLVlgr
When Navies tall and proud
Attempt to fpoil our -Peace,
He fends his Tempeft roaring loud,
And finks them in the Seas.
VI.
Oft have our Fathers told,
Our Eyes have often feen,
How well our God fecures the Fold
Where his own Sheep have been*
VII.
In every new Diftrefs
We'lUo his Houfe repair,
\ We'll tnink upon his wondrous Graced
And feek Deliverance there*
Psalm XLVTII. io — 14, : Second Pan.
'The Beauty of the Church; or, Go/pel Wi)r~
flip and Order.
I.
Fa r as thy Name is known
The World declares thy Praife ;
!Xhy Saints, O Lord, before thy Throne
Their Songs of Honour raife.
II.
With Joy let Judab ftand
On Sion's chofen Hill,
Proclaim the Wonders of thy Hand5
And Counfels of thy Will.
III.
Let Strangers walk around
The City where we dwell,
Compafs and view thine holy Ground,
And mark the BuildiugWelL
* IV.
Psalm XLIX. ~~izt
r
iv.
The Orders of thy Houfe,
The Worfhip of chy Court,
The chearful Songs, the folemn Vows;
And make a fair Report,
v.
How decent and how wife!
How glorious to behold !
Beyond the Pomp that charms the Eyes,
And Rites adornM with Gold.
VI.
The God we worfhip now
Will guide us till we die,
Will be our God while here below,
And ours above the Sky.
Psalm XLIX. 6—14. ifl Part. Com. Met,
Pride and Death ; or, The Vanity of Lije
and Riches,
I.
Wh y doth the Man of Riches grow.
To Infolence and Pride,
To fee his Wealth and Honours flow
With every rifing Tide ?
[Why doth he treat the Poor with Scorn
Made of the felf-fame C!ay,
And boaft as tho' nis Flefh was born
Of better Dull than they ?]
III.
Not all his Treafures can procure^
His Soul a fhort Reprieve,
Redeem from Death one guilty Hour,
Or make his Brother live*
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ria Psalm XLIX.
^ IV.
Life is a Blefling can't be fold,
The Ranfom is too high ;
Juftice will ne'er be brib'd with Gold
That Man may never die.
v.
He fees the Brutifti and the Wife,
The Timorous and the Brave,
Quit their Poflfeffions, clofe their Eyes,
And haften to the Grave.
VI.
Yet 'tis his inward Thought and Pride,
" My Houfe fhall ever ftand ;
!c And that my Name may long abide,
u I'll give it to my Land.
;Vain are his Thoughts, his Hopes are lot,1
How foon his Memory dies !
His Name is written in the Duft
Where his own Carcafs lies.
Pause,
viii.
This is the Folly of their Way;
And yet their Sons as vain
Approve the Words their Fathers fay,
And aft their Works again.
IX,
Men void of Wifdom and of Grace,
If Honour raife them high,
Live like the Beaft, a thcughtlefs RacQ,
And like the Beaft they die.
X.
Laid in the Grave like filly Sheep,
Death feeds upon them there,
I Till
Psalm XLDC. 123
Till the laft Trumpet break their Sleep
In Terror and Defpair.
Psalm XLIX.u 14, 15. 2d Part. Com.Met.
Death and the RefurreElion.
I.
Ye Sons of Pride that hate the Juft,
And trample on the Poor,
When Death has brought you down to Duft,
Your Pomp fhall rife no more.
II.
The laft great Day (hall change the Scene ;
When will that Hour appear ?
When fhall the Juft revive, and reiga
O'er all that fcorn'd them here ?
III.
God will my naked Soul receive
When feparate from the Flefh ;
And break the Prifon of the Grave,
To raife my Bones afrefh.
IV.
Heaven is my everlafting Home,
Th* Inheritance is fure;
Let Men of Pride their Rage refume,
But I'll repine no more.
Psalm XLIX. Long Metre.
The rich Sinner's Death, and the Saint's Re-
funetlion.
I.
Wh Y do the Proud infult the Poor,
Andboaft the largeEftates they have?
How vain are Riches to fecure
Their haughty Owners from the Grave!
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II.
They can't redeem one Hour from Death,
With all the Wealth in which they truft i
Nor give a dying Brother Breath,
When God commands him down to Dull*
III.
|T here the dark Earth and difmal Shade
Shall clafp their naked Bodies round ;
That Flefh fo delicately fed
Lies cold, and moulders in the Ground.
IV.
Like thoughtlefs Sheep the Sinner dies,
Laid in the Grave for Worms to eat ;-.
The Saints fhall in the Morning rife,
And find the Oppreflbr at their Feet,
v.
His Honours perifh in the Duft,
And Pomp and Beauty, Birth and Bloody-
That glorious Day exalts the Juft
To full Dominion o'er the Proud.
VI.
My Saviour fhall my Life reftore,
And raife me from my dark Abode t
My Flefh and Soul fhall part no more,
But dwell for ever near my God.
Psalm L. i— 5. Flrfl Part. Com. Met,
1'he lafi Judgment ; or, The Saints rewarded,
T.
*TT h e Lord, the Judge before his Throne
A Bids the whole Earth draw nigh,
The Nations near the rifing Sun>
And near the Weftern Sky.
Psalm L. 11X.
ii.
No more {hall bold Blafphemers fay,
" judgment will neer begin ;
No more abufe his long Delay
To Impudence and Sin.
III.
ThronM on a Cloud our God fhall come.,
Bright Flames prepare his Way,
Thunder and Darknefs, Fire and Storm
Lead on the dreadful Day.
IV.
Heaven from above his Call (hall hear*
Attending Angels come,
And Earth and Hell (hall know, and fear
His Tuftice and their Doom.
J v.
But gather all my Saints (he cries)
81 That made their Peace with God
c By the Redeemer's Sacrifice,
" And feafd it with his Blood.
VI.
iC Their Faith and Works brought fo:thto Lights
<c Shall make the World confefs
My Sentence of Reward is right,
" And Heaven adore my Grace.
Psalm L. v. 8, io, n, 14, 15, 23. Second
Part. Common Metre.
Obedience is better thnn Sacrifice.
I.
Thu^ faith tlv'Lord, « The fpacious Fields;
c And Flocks and Herds are mine
! O'er all the Cattle of the Hills
it I claim a Right divine.
ir.
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■Ill
II.
" I ask no Sheep for Sacrifice,
Nor Bullocks burnt with Fire ;
f To hope and love, to pray and praife,1
" Is all that I require.
III.
5C Call upon me when Trouble's near,
* My Hand fhall fet thee free;
" Then fhall thy thankful Lips declare
V The Honour due to me.
IV.
The Man that offers humble Praife,
" He glorifies me beft ;
" And thofe that tread my holy Ways
" Shall my Salvation tafte.
Psalm L. v. 1,5, 8, 16,21,22. Third
Part. Common Metre.
The Judgment of Hypocrites.
I.
When Chrift to Judgment fhall defcend,
And Saints furround their Lord,
He calls the Nations to attend,
And hear his awful Word*
II.
V Not for the Want of Bullocks flain
Will I the World reprove ,*
V Altars and Rites, and Forms are vain
" Without the Fire of Love.
III.
u And what have Hypocrites to do,
14 To bring their Sacrifice ?
I1 They call my Sfatmcsjuft andtruej
V But deal in Tkfc and Lyes.
^ IV V
Psalm L.
iv: —
127
11 Could you expett to Ycape my Sight,
" And fin without controul ?
cc But I fhall bring your Crimes to light,
4* With Anguifh in your SouL
v.
Confider, ye that flight the Lord,
Before his Wrath appear ;
If once you fall beneath his Sword*
There's no Deliverer there.
PsalmL Third Part. Long Metre
Hypocrify expos'd,
I.
TTh e Lord the Judge his Churcheswarns j
A Let Hypocrites attend and fear,
Who place their Hope in Rites and Forms,
But make not Faith nor Love their Care.
II.
Vile Wretches dare rehearfe his Name
With Lips of Falftiood and Deceit ;
A Friend or Brother they defame,
And footh and flatter thofe they hate.
III.
They watch to do theirNeighbours wrong,
Yet dare to feek their Maker's Face ;
They take his Covenant on their Tongue,
But break his Laws, abufe his Grace.
IV.
To Heaven they lift their Hands unclean,
DefilM with Luft, defil'd with Blood 5
By Night they pra&ife every Sin,
[By Day their Mouths draw near to God.
v.
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V.
And while his Judgments long delay*
They grow fecure and fin the more ;
They think he fleeps as well as they,
And put far off the dreadful Howv
VI.
O dreadful Hour ! when God draws near*
And fets their Crimes before their Eyes !
His Wrath their guilty Souls fhall tear,
And no Deliverer dare to rife.
This Pfalm having a plain Reference to the ]aft Judgment, T
have in thefrft Part omitted every Thing that might cbfcuretbe
Senfeof it,
The latter Part of this Pfalm being defgn^d to expofe-and-
terrify all formal Worihippers and Hypocrites, J have form 'd a
cr 3 Hymns on that Subject with feme Tranfpojiticn and Pa--'
raphrafe of the Verfes ; but I have kept the fame IntroduBkn
fill, by repeating thefirftVerfe of the Pfalm.
P'salmL To a New Tune.
*fhe lafl Judgment.
HP H E Lord, the Sovereign fends his Summons forth,
Calls the South Nations, and awakes the North §
From Eaft to Weft the founding Orders fpread,
Thro' diftant Worlds and Regions of the Dead :
No more fhall Atheifts mock his long Delay 5
His Vengeance fleeps no more : Behold the Day.
II.
Behold the Judge defcends : His Guards are nigh,
Tempeft and Fire attend him down the Sky :
Heaven, Earth and Hell draw near 5 let all Things coma
To-hear his Juftice and the Sinner's Doom :
But gather firft my Saints (the Judge commands)
Bring them, ye Angels, from their diftant Lands.
III.
Behold my Covenant ftands for ever good,
Seai'd by th' Eternal Sacrifice in Bleed,
And fignM with all their Names 5 the Greek, the Jew,
Tjiat uay'd the aatiCAt Wcrihip or th? flew,
There'*
Psalm L- 129
There's no DiftmcYionhere : Come, fpread their Thrones>
And near me feat my Favourites and my Sons,
IV.
I their Almighty Saviour and their God,
I am their Judge: Ye Heavens proclaim abroad
My juft Eternal Sentence, and declare
Thofe awful Truths that Sinners dread to hear 1
Sinners in Zion tremble and retire 5
I doom the painted Hypocrite to Fire.
V.
Not for the Want of Goats or Bullocks /lain,
Dq I condemn thee 5 Bulls and Goats are vain*
Without the Flames of Love : In vain the Store
Of brutal Offerings that were mine before ;
Mine are the tamer Beafts and favage Breed,
Flocks, Herds, and Fields, and Forefts where they fee3.
VI.
If I were hungry, wou'd I ask thee Food ?
When did I thirft, or drink thy Bullocks Blood ?
Can I be Mattered with thy cringing Bows,
Thy folemn Chatterings and phantaftick Vows ?
Are my Eyescharm'd thy Veftmentsto behold,
Glaring in Gems and gay inwoven Gold ?•
VII.
Unthinking Wretch ! how couM'fl thou hope to pleaie
A God, a Spirit, with fuch Toys as thefe ?'
While with my Grace and Statutes on thy Tongue
Thou lov'ft Deceit, and doit thy Brother Wrong $
In vain to pious Forms thy Zeal pretends,
Thieves and Adulterers are thy chofen Friends.
VIIT.
Silent I waited with long- fuffe ring Love,
But did' ft thou hope that I ihould ne'er reprove ?
And cherifh fuch an impbus Thought within,
That Gcd the Righteous wcu'd indulge thy Sin ?
Behold my Terrors now : My Thunders roil,
And thy own Crimes affright thy guilty Soul.
IX.
Sinners, awake betimes ; ye Fools, be wife j
Awake before this dreadful Morning rife 5
Change your vain Thoughts, your crooked Works'amend,
Fly to the Saviour, make the Judse your Friead :
Left
z$o Psalm I*
i Left like a Lion his laft Vengeance tear
Your trembling Souls, and no Deliverer near*
In this Metre, as in fome of the former, Ibdvttafaft it/Matt
Cccafionfrom this Pfalm, to represent the laft Judgment, and
\ have therefore left out thofe Verfes that fe em to interrupt that Senfe.
Stanx. 3. All the Saints have made a Covenant with God
by Sacrifice, {as in the Text) and, as it were, fet their Names
to God* s Covenant of Grace, ratified by the Sacrifice of Chxift of
eternal Virtue ; tho* the Jews did it in the OTtrient Forms of
Worjhip* and the Gentiles in the new.
Stanx. 6, 7. As the Jewifh formal Worfhippers contented them-
(elves with Burnt-Offerings, Sec. and trufied in them ; fo Hypo-
crites in Chriftianiry build their Hopes upon outward Forms , gay
Ceremonies, rigid Aujterities, fanciful Vows, &c«
PsalmL To the old proper Tunc.
The laft Judgment.
1.
*T* H E God of Glory fends his Summons forth,
Calls the South Nations, and awakes the North $
From Eafi to Weft the fovereign Orders fpread,;
Thro' diftant Worlds and Regions of the Dead.
*Ibe Trumpet founds j Hell trembles 5 Heaven rejoices ;
Lift up your Heads, ye Saints, with chearful Vokws*
II.
No more &all Atheiits mock his long Delay :
His Vengeance fleeps no more : Behold the Day 5
Behold the Judge defcends ; His Guards are nigh y
Tempeft and Fire attend him down the Sky,
When God appears, all Nature fhall adore him 5
While Sinners tremble, Saints rejoice before him.
III.
I** Heaven, Earth, and Hell draw near : let all Things COMC
*€< To hear my Jufticeandthe Sinners Doom $
i€f But gather firft my Saints, (the Judge commands)
*' Bring them, ye Angels, from their diftant Lands.
When Chrift returns, wake every chearful PaJJion,
And pout ye Saints , He comes for your Salvation.
IV.
€< Behold my Covenant ftands for ever good,
u SeaN by th* Eternal Sacrifice in Blood,
" And
Psalm U, 131
*' And fign'd with all their Names ; the Greek, the Jew,
" That pay'd the Antient Worfliip or the New :
There* s no Diftinclion here* Join all your Voices,
And raife your Heads, ye Saints, for Heaven rejoices.
" Here (faith the Lord) ye Angels, fpread their Throne t,
" And near me feat my Favourites and my Sons.
94 Come, my Redeemed, poflefs the Joys preparM
99 E'er Time began ; *Tis your divine Reward.
When Cbrifl returns, ivake every chearful Pajpon ;
And font , ye Saints, be comes for your Salvation*
P a u s e the Firft-
VI.
m I am the Saviour, Ith' Almighty God,
94 I am the Judge : Ye Heavens, proclaim abroad
99 My juft eternal Sentence, and declare
94 Thofe awful Truths that Sinners dread to hear^
When God appears, all Nature Jk all adore him r
While Sinners tremble, Saints rejoice before hint*
VII.
94 Stand forth, thou bold Blafphemer, andprophane,
94 Now feel my Wrath, nor call my Threatnings vain J
€i Thou Hypocrite, once dreft in Saints Attire,
4f I doom the painted Hypocrite to Fire.
Judgment proceeds j Hell trembles ; Heaven rejoices 5
Lift up your Heads, ye Saints, *witb chearful Voices \
VIII.
94 Not for the Want of Goats or Bullocks flain
(< Do I condemn thee j Bulls and Goatsarevain
" Without the Flames of Love i In vain the Store
i€ Of brutal Offerings that were mine before :
Earth is the Lord's ; all Nature Jhall adore him :
While Sinners tremble : Saints rejoice before bimi
IX.
i( If I were hungry, would I ask thee Food ?
*' When did I thirft ? or drink thy BuHocks Blood >
94 Mine are the tamer Beads and favage Breed,
94 Flocks, Herds, and Fields, and Forefts where they feed.
All is the Lord's : He rules the 'wide Creation j
Gives Sinners Vengeance, and the Saints Salvation,
i ji i Psalm "tk
. . - ■ ■' - . .- X' ^ ™*
t€ Can I be flatter'd with thy cringing Bows,
H Thy folemn Chatterings and phantaftick Vows?
" Are my Eyes charm'd thy Veftments to behold,
*' Glaring in Gems, and gay in woven Gold ?
(jod is the Judge of Hearts : No fair Difguifes
Canskreen the Guilty when his Vengeance rifes*.
P a u s e the Second.
XI.
€€ Unthinking Wretch ! how could'ft thou hope to pleafe
<c A God, a Spirit, with fuch Toys as thefe ?
u While with my Grace and Statutes on thy Tongue,
*' Thou lov'ft Deceit, and doft thy Brother wrong.
Judgment proceeds ; Hell trembles ; Heaven rejoices j
Lift up your Heads, ye Saints, with chearful Volets*:
XII.
<c In vain to pious Forms thy Zeal pretends ;
*< Thieves and Adulterers are thy chofen Friends i
j ** While the falfe Flatterer at my Altar waits,
His hardened Soul divine Induction hates.
Goa\ is the Judge of Hearts : No fair Difguifes
Can skreen the Guilty when his Vengeance rifes,
XIII.
€< Silent I waited with long-fuffering Love ;
44 But didft thou hope that I fhould ne'er reprove ?
And cherifK fuch an impious Thought within,
U That the All-Holy would indulge thy Sin ?
See, God appears $ all Nature joins t* adori htms
Judgment proceeds, and Sinners fall before him*
XIV.
w Behold my Terrors now : My Thunders roll,
«f And thy own Crimes affright thy guilty Soul J
** Now like a Lion ihall my Vengeance tear
" Thy bleeding Heart, and no Deliverer near.
Judgment concludes j Hell trembles 5 Heaven rejoices ;
Lift up your Heads, ye Saints, with chearful Voiass.
Epipbonema.
Sinners, awake betimes ; ye Fools, be wife j
Awake before this dreadful Morning rife *
Changs
Psalm LI. 13$,
Change your vain Thoughts, your crooked Works amend,
Fly to the Saviour, make the Judge your Friend :
Then join the Saint: : TVake every chearful Pajfictt,
When Chrifi returns, He comes for y cur S ah at ion.
If the former Heroick Metre do not fit the old proper Tune
•f the Fiftieth Pfalm for want of double Rhymes at the End oj
ri>ery Stanza, I han)e here altered the Form of it much, m order
tijt it exacl/y to the old proper Tune ; adding a Chorus, cr Kas
feme call it) the Burden of the Song, betwixt every Four Lines,
I hope it will net be difpleafing to the more mufical Part oj nj
Headers to be entertained with fuch a Variety*
PsalmLL Firfl Part. Long Metre.
A Penitent Pleading fot Pardon.
I.
Shew Pity, Lord, O Lord forgive,
Let a repenting Rebel live :
Are not thy Mercies large and free ?
May not a Sinner truft in thee ?
II.
My Crimes are great, but not furpafs
The Power and Glory of thy Grace •
Great God, thy Nature hath no Bound,
So let thy pardoning Love be found
HI.
G wafli my Soul from every Sin,
And make my guilty Confcience clean;
Here on my Heart the Burthen lies,
And paft Offences pain my Eyes.
IV.
My Lips with Shame my Sins confefs
Againft thy Law, againft thy Grace :
Lord, fhould thy Judgment grow fevere,'
I am condemn'd, but thou art clear,
v.
Should fudden Vengeance feize my Breathy
I muft pronounce thee juft in Death ,
And
2 34 Psalm LI.
And if my Soul were fent to Heir,
Thy righteous Law approves it well,
VI.
Yet fave a trembling Sinner, Lord,
Whofe Hope ftill hovering round thy Word,
Would light on fome fweet Promiie there,.
Some fure Support againft Defpair.
Psaim LI. Second Part. Long Metre,
Original and Attual Sin confefs'd.
I.
T o r d, I am vile, conceived in Sm-;
And born unholy and unclean ;
Sprung from the Man whofe guilty Fall;
Corrupts the Race, and taints us all.
II.
Soon as we draw our Infant-breath;,
The Seeds of Sin grow up for Death;.
Thy Law demands a perfedt Heart,
But we're defil'd in every Pare,
ill.
[Great God, create my Heart a-new,
And form my Spirit pure. and true:
O make me wife betimes tofpy
My Danger and my Remedy.]
IV.
Behold I fall before thy Face j
My only Refuge is thy Grace :
No outward Forms can make me clean ;
LThe Leprofy lies deep within,
v.
No bleeding Bird, nor bleeding Beaft,
Nor Hyflbp-Branch, nor fprinkling Priefly
Nor running Brook, nor Flood, nor Sea,
Can wafh the difmal Stain away.
VI.
TSALM LL 135
VI.
Jefus, my God, thy Blood alone
Hath Power fufficienc to atone;
Thy Blood can make me white as Snow ;
No Jewifb Types could cleanfe me fo.
VII.
While Guilt difturbs and breaks my Peace^
Nor Flelh nor Soul hath Reft or Eaf? ;
<Lord, let me hear thy pardoning Voice,
jAnd make my broVen Eones lejoice.
Stan. 4, 5. Since the Pfalmifi Jeemt to refer td the Branch of
JHyfibp, fprinkling the Blood of the Bird, nnd the running
Water, Levit, 14. 51. I have here enlarged upon the Infuffict-
\ency of all tbofe Rites, for the clean Jing of Sin, which is the Le«
jprofy of the Scul*
\ Stan. 6. Such a glorious Occafion of introducing the Blood
ci" a Saviour, could not he omitted here with Jujlice to David, or
U Chrifl bis Son.
Psalm LL Third Part. Long Metre.
The Backfltder reflor'd ; or, Repentance and
Faith in the Blood ojf Chrift.
I.
OT h o u that hear'ft when Sinners cry,
Tho* all my Crimes before thee lie,
Behold them not with angry Look,
But blot their Memory from thy Book.
Create my Nature pure within,
And form my Soul averfe to Sin :
Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart,
Nor hide thy Prefence from my Hearth
III.
I cannot live without thy Light,
Caft out and banifh'd from thy S;ght :
Thine holy Joys, my God, reftore,
J And guard me that I fall no more.
IV.
136 Psalm LI.
IV.
Tho' I have griev'd thy Spirit, Lord,
His Help and Comfort ftill afford i
And let a Wretch come near thy Throne,
To plead the Merits of thy Son.
v.
A Broken Heart, my God, my King,
Is all the Sacrifice I bring;
The God of Grace will ne'er defpife
A broken Heart for Sacrifice.
VI.
My Soul lies humbled in the Duft,
| And owns thy dreadful Sentence juft j
Look down, O Lord, with pitying Eye*
And fave the Soul condemned to die.
VII.
Then will I teach the World thy Ways ,:
Sinners (hall learn thy fovereign Grace ;
I'll lead them to my Saviour's Blood,
And they (hall praife a pardoning God.
VIII.
O may thy Loveinfpire my Tongue !
Salvation fhall be all my Song;
And all my Powers fhall join to blefs
^he Lord^my Strength and Righteoufnefs.
*Tbe ijth Verfe, concerning the Sacrifice of a broken Heart, /
h ave here tranjpofed, to make an eajier Connexion .
Psalm LI. 3 — 13. Fir ft Part. Com.Met.
Original and AEiual Sin confefs'd and
-pardon'd.
Lor d, I would fpread my foreDiitrefs
And Guilt before thine Eyes i
. Again ft
Psalm LI. 137
Agahft thy Laws, againft thy Grace
How high my Crimes arife !
* II.
Should'ft Thou condemn my Soul to Hell,
And crufh my Flefh to Duft,
Hcav'n would approve thy Vengeance well*
And Earth muft own it juft.
HI.
I from the Stock of Adam came,
Unholy and unclean ;
All my Original is Shame,
And all my Nature Sin *
IV.
Born in a World of Guilt, I drew
Contagion with my Breath ;
And as my Days advanced, I grew
A jufter Prey for Death.
v.
Cleanfe me, O Lord, and chear my Soul
With thy forgiving Love ;
O make my broken Spirit whole,
And bid my Pains remove*
VI.
Let not thy Spirit quite depart,
Nor drive me from thy Face ;
Create anew my vicious Heart,
And fill it with thy Grace.
VII.
'Then will I make thy Mercy known
Before the Sons of Men ;
Backfliders (hall addrefs thy Throne,
And turn to God again.
* Or it may be rent, My Nature prone to Sin,
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138
Psalm LL
Psalm LL 14 — 17. Second Part. Com. Met.
Repentance and Faith in the Blood of thrift.
GG o d of Mercy, hear my Call,
My Loads of Guilt remove,
Break down this feparating Wall
That bars me from thy Love.
II.
Give me the Prefence of thy Grace,
Then my rejoicing Tongue
Shall fpeak aloud thy Righteoufnefs,
And make thy Praife my Song.
III.
No Blood of Goats, nor Heifer (lain
For Sin could e'er atone ;
The Death oiChrift (hall ftill remain
Sufficient and alone.
IV.
A Soul oppreft with Sins Defert
My God will ne'er defpife ;
A humble Groan, a broken Heart
Is our beft Sacrifice.
Psalm LIII. 4 — 6.
Vitlory and Deliverance from Pevfecuthn.
I.
AR e all the Foes of Sion Fools,
Who thus devour her Saints ?
Do they not know her Saviour rules,
And pities her Complaints.
They {hall be feiz'd with fad Surprize ;
For God's revenging Arm
Scatters the Bones of them that rife
To do his Children harm.
III.
Psalm LV. ij?
hi.
In vain the Sons of Satan boafl
Of Armies in Array;
When God. has firft defpis'd their Hoft,
They fall an eafy Prey.
IV.
O for a Word from Sion's King
Her Captives to reftore !
Jacob with all his Tribes {hall fing,
And Judab weep no more.
Tbefrft Part oftbis?fa\m is the fame with tbi l\tb.
Psalm LV. i~8, i<5, 17, 1 8, 22. Com.Met.
Support for the afflitted and tempted SouL
I.
OG o d, my Refuge, hear my Criesa
Behold my flowing Tears,
For Earth and Hell my Hurt devife,
And triumph in my Fears.
Their Rage is level'd at my Life,
My Soul with Guilt they load,
jAnd fill my Thoughts with inward Strife,1
To fhake my Hope in God.
III.
With inward Pain my Heart-itrings found,
I groan with every Breath ;
Horror and Fear befet me round
Amongft the Shades of Death.
VI.
O were I -like a feather'd Dove,
And Innocence had Wings ;
I'd fly, and make a long Remove
From all thefe reftlefs Things.
H v.
Ho Psalm LV.
v.
Let me to fome wild Defart go,
And find a peaceful Home,
Where Storms of Malice never blow,
Temptations never come.
VI.
Vain Hopes, and vain Inventions all
To Ycape the Rage of Hell !
The mighty God on whom I caij
Can lave me here as well.
Pause,
vii.
By Morning Light Til feek his Face,
At Noon repeat my Cry,
The Night fhall hear me ask his Grace,
Nor will he long deny.
VIII.
God fhall preferve my Soul from Fear,
Or fhield me when afraid ;
Ten Thoufand Angels mud appear,
If he command their Aid.
IX.
I caft my Burdens on the Lord,
The Lord fuftains them all ;
My Courage refts upon his Word.
That Saints fhall never fall,
x.
My higheft Hopes fhall not be vain.,
My Lips fhall fpread his Praife ;
While cruel and deceitful Men
Scarce live out half their Days.
7 have left out fome whole P faints, and fever al Parti of others
lihat tend to Jill the Mind with overwhelming Sorrows, or fharp
j Refentment ; neither of which are fo well fuited to the Spirit of
\ the Go/pel, and therefore the particular Complaints of David againp
j ^bitophcl here are entirely emitted*
Psalm
Psalm L V. _JUJL
PSALM LV. U IJ, Itf> 17, Ip, 22.
Short Metre.
Dangerous Pro/Verity ; or, -Da/Ty Devotiom
encouraged.
I.
Let Sinners take their Courfe,
And chufe the Road to Death ;
But in the Worfhip of my God
Til fpend my daily Breath.
II.
My Thoughts addrefs his Throne
When Morning brings the Light j
feek his Bleffing every Noon,
And pay my Vows at Night,
ill.
Thou wilt regard my Cries,
O my Eternal God,
While Sinners perifh in Surprizfe
Beneath thine angry Rod.
IV.
Becaufethey dwell at eafe,
And no fad Changes feel,
They neither fear nor truft thy Name,
Nor learn to do thy Will,
v.
But I with all my Cares,
Will lean upon the Lord,
Til caft my Burdens on his Arm,
And reft upon his Word.
VI.
His Arm (hall well fuftain
The Children of his Love ;
The Ground on which their Safety flands
No earthly Power can move.
H 2 Psalm
14* tSALM LVI.
Psalm LVI.
Deliverance from Opprejfion and Faljhood ; or,
God's Care of bis People, in anfwer to Faith
and Prayer,
I.
OT h o u whofe Juftice reigns on high,
And makes th* Oppreflbr ceafe,
Behold how envious Sinners try
To vex and break my Peace !
II.
:The Sons of Violence and Lyes
Join to devour me, Lord ;
But as my hourly Dangers rife,
My Refuge is thy Word.
III.
In God moft holy, juft and true '
I have repos'd my Truft ;
INor will I fear what Flefh can do,
The Offspring of the Duft.
IV.
They wreft my Words to Mifchief {till,
Charge me with unknown Faults ;
Mifchief doth all their Counfels fill,
And Malice all their Thoughts,
v. b
Shall they efcape without thy Frown ?
Muft their Devices ftand ?
G caft the haughty Sinner down,
And let him know thy Hand !
Pause.
VI.
cd counts the Sorrows of his Saints,
Their Groans affett his Ears ;
Thou
Psalm LVII. i££
Thou haft a Book for my Complaints,
A Bottle for my Tears.
VII.
When to thy Throne I raife my Cry,
The Wicked fear and flee;
So fwift is Prayer to reach the Sky,
So near is God to me.
VIII.
In Thee, moft Holy, Juft and True,
I have repos'd my Truft ;
Nor will I fear what Man can do,
The Offspring of the Daft.
IX.
Thy folemn Vows are on me, Lord,
Thou ftialc receive my Praiie $
1*11 fing how faithful is thy Word,
How righteous all thy Ways !
X.
Thou haft fecurM my Soul from Death,
O fet thy Prifoner free,
That Heart and Hand, and Life and Breath
May be em ploy *d for thee.
Psalm LVII.
Praife for ProteEiion^ Grace and Truth.
I.
My God, in whom are all the Springs
Of boundlefs Love, and Grace unknown,
Hide me beneath thy fpreading Wings
Till the dark Cloud is overblown*
II.
Up to the Heavens I fend my Cry,
The Lord will my Defires perform i
He fends his Angel from the Sky,
And faves me from the threatning Storm.
Hj "U
144 Psalm LVIIL
hi.
Be thou exalted, O my God,
Above the Heavens where Angels dwell ;
Thy Power on Earth be known abroad.
And Land to Land thy Wonders tell.
IV.
My Heart is fix'd ; my Song (hall raife
Immortal Honours to thy Name;
Awake my Tongue to found hisPraife,
My Tongue, the Glory of my Frame.
High o'er the Earth his Mercy reigns,
And reaches to the utmoft Sky;
His Truth to endlefs Years remains,
When lower Worlds diflblve and die.
VI.
Be thou exalted, O my God,
Above the Heavens where Angels dwell}
Thy Power on Earth be known abroad,
And Land to Land thy Wonders tell.
Psalm LVIII. as the 113th Pfalme
Warning to Magiftrates.
I.
Judges, who rule the World by Laws,
Will ye defpife the righteous Caufe,
When th" injur'd Poor before you ftands ?
Dare ye condemn the righteous Poor,
And let rich Sinners Tcape fecure,
While Gold and Greatnefs bribe your Hands ?
II.
Have ye forgot, or never knew
That God will judge the Judges too ?
High in the Heavens his Juftice reigns ;
Yet
Psalm LVIII. 145
Yet you invade the Rights of God,
And fend your bold Decrees abroad,
To bind the Confcience in your Chains.
HI.
A poifon'd Arrow is your Tongue,
The Arrow fharp, the Poifon ftrong,
And Death attends where-e'er it wounds:
You hear no Counfels, Cries or Tears ;
So the deaf Adder flops her Ears
Againft the Power of charming Sounds.
Break out their Teeth, Eternal God,
Thofe Teeth of Lions dy'd in Blood ;
And crufli the Serpents in the Duft :
As empty Chaff when Whirlwinds rife,
Before the fweeping Tempeft flies,
So let their Hopes and Names be loft,
v.
Th* Almighty thunders from the Sky,
Their Grandeur melts, their Titles die,
As Hills of Snow diffolve and run,
Or Snails that perifh in their Slime,
Or Births that come before their Time,
Vain Births, that never fee the Sun.
VI.
Thus (hall the Vengeance of the Lord
Safety and Joy to Saints afford ;
And all that hear fhall join and fay,
c ^t > _ i— i .1 t ,:-7
* Sure there's a God that rules on high,
C(
A God that hears his Children cry,
c And will their Sufferings well repay.
I
H 4 Psalm
140 JPsalm LX« ~
Psalm LX. i— y, 10—12.
0# a Day of Humiliation for Dif appointments
in War.
I.
Lord, haft thou caft the Nation off ?
Muft we for ever mourn ?
kWilt thou indulge immortal Wrath ?
Shall Mercy ne'er return ?
II.
The Terror of one Frown of thine
Melts all our Strength away \
Like Men that totter drunk with Wine>
We tremble in Difmay.
Ill:
Great Britain (hakes beneath thy Stroke,
And dreads thy threatning Hand ,
O heal the Ifland thou haft broke,
Confirm the wavering Land.
IV.
Lift up a Banner in the Field,
For thofe that fear thy Name;
Save thy Beloved with thy Shield,
And put our Foes to fhame.
v.
Go with our Armies to the Fight
Like a Confederate God ;
In vain confederate Powers unite
Asainft thy lifted Rod.
* VI.
Our Troops fhall gain a wide Renown
By thine affifting Hand ;
!Tis God that treads thp Mighty down,
And makes the Feeble ftand.
Psalm
4-
Psalm LXI.«* i47
Psalm LXI. i— 6.
Safety in God.
I.
T XT hen overwhelm^ with Grief
V V My Heart within me dies,
Helplefs and far from all Relief
To Heaven I lift mine Eyes.
II.
0 lead me to the Rock
That's high above my Head,
And make the Covert of thy Wings
My Shelter and my Shade.
III.
Within thy Prefence, Lord,
For ever I'll abide ;
Thou art the Tower of my Defence
The Refuge where I hide.
IV.
Thou give ft me the Lot
Of thofe that fear thy Name ?
Jf endlefs Life be their Reward,
1 fhall poflfefs the fame.
Psalm LXII. 5—- 12.
No Truft in the Creatures ; or, Faith in
Divine Grace and Power.
I.
T\/TY Spirit looks to God alone;
jJLVl My Rock and Refuge is his Throne ;
In all my Fears, in all my Straits,
My Soul on his Salvation waits.
II.
Truft him, ye Saints, in all v ur Ways,
Pour out your Hearts before h S Face :
H 5 When
•
148 P^ALM LXIL
VVhen Helpers fail, and Foes invade,
God is our all-fufficient Aid.
III.
Falfe are the Men of high Degree,
The bafer Sort are Vanity;
Laid in the Ballance both appear
Light as a Puff of empty Air.
IV.
Make not increafing Gold your Truft,
Nor fet your Heart on glittering Duft ;
\Vhy will you grafp the fleeting Smoke,
And not believe what God has fpoke ?
v.
Once has his awful Voice declar'd,
Once and again my Ears have heard,
cc All Power is his eternal Due ;
*c He muft be fear'd and trufted too.
VI.
For Sovereign Power reigns not alone*
Grace is a Partner of the Throne :
Thy Grace and Juftice, mighty Lord,
Shall well divide our laft Reward.
Psalm LXIII. 1,2,5,3,4. R*fl Pari.
Common Metre.
"The Morning of a Lord's Day.
I.
Early, my God, without Delay
I hafte to feek thy Face ;
My thirfty Spirit faints away
Without thy chearing Grace.
So Pilgrims on the fcorching Sand
Beneath a burning Sky
Longf
Psalm LXIII. 149
Long for a cooling Stream at hand,
And they muft drink or die.
III.
I've feen thy Glory and thy PowV
Thro' all thy Temple fhine ;
My God repeat that heavenly Hour,
That Vifion fo divine.
IV.
Not all the Bleflings of a Feaft
Can pleafe my Soul fo well,
As when thy richer Grace I tafte,
And in thy Prefence dwell,
v.
Not Life it felf, with all her Joys,
Can my beft Paffions move,
*Qr raife fo high my chearful Voice
As thy forgiving Love.
VI.
Thus till my laft expiring Day
Til befs my God and King ;
Thus will I life my Hands to prayj
And tune my Lips to ling.
Psalm LXIII. 6 — 10. id Pan. Com* Met#
Midnight "Thoughts recolletted.
I.
5rTP w a s in the Watches of the Night
JL I thought upon thy Power,
I kept thy lovely Face in fighc
Amidft the darkeft Hour.
II.
My Flefh lay refting on my Bed,
My Soul arofe on high ;
My God, my Life, my Hope, I faid,
? Bring thy Salvation nigh.
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150 Psalm LXIII.
:!
III.
My Spirit labours up thine Hill,
And climbs the heavenly Road ;
But thy Right Hand upholds me ftill,
While I purfue my God.
IV.
.Thy Mercy ftretches o'er my Head
The Shadow of thy Wings;
My Heart rejoices in thine Aid,
My Tongue awakes and lings;
» •
But the Deflroyers of my Peace
Shall fret and rage in vain;
The Tempter fhall for ever ceafe,
And all my Sins be flain.
VI.
Thy Sword fhall give my Foes toTDeath,
And fend them down to dwell
In the dark Caverns of the Earth,
Or to the Deeps of Hell.
Psalm LXIII. Long Metre.
Longing after God ; or, 7*he Love of God
better than Life.
I.
C"^keat God, indulge my humble Claim,
J Thou art my Hope, my Joy, my Reft ^
The' Glories that compofe thy Name
Stand ail engag'd to make me bleft.
IL
Thou Great and Good, thou Juft and Wife,
Thou art my Father and my God ;
And I am thine by facred Ties ;
Thy Son, thy Servant bought withBIood;
Psalm LXIII. 151
in.
With Heart and Eyes, and lifted Hands
For thee I long, to thee I look,
As Travellers in thirfty Lands
Pant for the cooling Water-brook^
IV.
With early Feet I love t 'appear
Among thy Saints, and feek thy Face j
Oft have I feen thy Glory there,
And felt the Power of fovereign Grace.
v.
Not Fruits nor Wines that tempt our Tafte*
Nor all the Joys our Senfes know,
Could make me fo divinely bleft,
Or raife my chearful Paflions fo.
vi..
My Life itfelf without thy Love
No Tafte of Pleafure could afford;
JTwould but a tirefome Burden prove
If I were banifh'dfrom the Lord.
VII.
Amidft the wakeful Hours of Night*
When bufy Cares afRift my Head,
One Thought of thee gives new Delight,
And adds Refrefhment to my Bed.
VIII.
I'll lift my Hands, I'll raife my Voice,
While I have Breath to pray or praife;
This Work (hall make my Heart rejoice^
And fpend the Remnant of my Days.
Psalm
EH Psalm LXIII.
Psalm LXIII. Short Metre.
Seeking God.
I.
MY God permit my Tongue
This Joy, to call Thee mine3
[And let my early Cries prevail
To tafte thy Love divine,
II.
My thirfty fainting Soul
Thy Mercy doth implore j
>Not Travellers in defart Lands
Can pant for Water more.
III.
Within thy Churches, Lord,
I long to find my Place,
*Thy Power and Glory to behold,
And feel thy quickning Grace*
IV.
For Life without thy Love
No Relifh can afford ;
No Joy can be compared to this,
To ferve and pleafe the Lord,
v.
To thee I life my Hands,
And praife thee while I live;
Not the rich Dainties of a Feaft
Such Food or Pleafure give.
VI.
In wakeful Hours at Night
I call my God to mind ;
I think how wife thy Counfels are^
And all thy Dealings kind.
yir.
Psalm LXV. 155
VII.
Since thou haft been my Help*
To thee my Spirit flies,
And on thy watchful Providence
My chearful Hope relies.
VIII.
The Shadow of thy Wings
My Soul in Safety keeps;
I follow where my Father leads,
And he fupports my Steps.
After I had fnijh'd the Common Metre of this Pfatm, I cB-
ferved feveral pious Turns of Thought in Dr. Patrick's Verfion,
which I have copied in this Metre, tho* with feme Difficulty >
kecaufe of the porter Lines,
Psalm LXV. 1— 5. Fir ft Part. Long Met.
Publick Prayer and Praife.
I.
Th e Praife of Sion waits for Thee,
My God; and Praife becomes thyHoufe;
There (hall thy Saints thy Glory fee,
And there perform their publick Vows.
II.
O Thou, whofe Mercy bends the Skies
To fave when humble Sinners pray,
All Lands to Thee fhall lift their Eyes,
And Iflands of the Northern Sea.
III.
Againft my Will my Sins prevail,
But Grace fhall purge away their Stain ;
The Blood of Chrift will never fail
To walh my Garments white again.
IV.
Bleft is the Man whom thou fhalt chufe,
And give him kind Accefs to thee ;
x Gfve
>f4 ' Psalm: LXW:
Give him a Place within thy Houfe,
To tafte thy Love divinely free*
Pause.
v.
Let Babel fear when Sion prays ;
Babel prepare for long Diftrefs
VJhenSions God Himfelf arrays
In Terror and in Righteoufnefs.
VT.
With dreadful Glory God fulfils
What his affli&ed Saints requeft ;
And with Almighty Wrath reveals
His Love, to give his Churches Refh
VII.
Then fhall the flocking Nations run
To Sions Hill, and own their Lord;
The rifing and the fetting Sun
Shall fee the Saviour's Name ador'd.
Psalm LXV. 5—13. 2d Part. Long Met;
Divine Providence in Air, Earth and Sea}
or, The God- of Nature and Grace.
I.
rTp h e God of our Salvation hears
JL TheGroans of Sion mix'd with Tears ;
? Yet when he comes with kind Defigns,
Thro' all the Way his Terror fhines.
On him the Race of Man depends,
Far as the Earth's remoteft Ends,
Where the Creator's Name is known
I By Nature's feeble Light alone.
. Ill,
Psalm LXV. iss
in.
Sailors, that travel o'er the Flood,
Addrefs their frighted Souls to God,
When Tempefts rage and Billows roar
At dreadful Diftance from the Shore.
IV.
He bids the noify Tempeft ceafe;
He calms the raging Croud to Peace,
When a tumultuous Nation raves
Wild as the Winds, and loud as Waves,
v.
Whole Kingdoms, fhaking by the Storm,
He fettles in a peaceful Form ;
Mountains eftablifh'd by his Hand,
Firm on their old Foundations ftand.
VI.
Behold his Enfigns fweep the Sky,
New Comets blaze, and Lightnings fly ;
The Heathen Lands, with fwift Surprize,
From the bright Horrors turn t'leir Eyes*
VII.
At his Command the Morning-Ray
Smiles in the Eaft, and leads the Day ;
He guides the Sun's declining Wheels
Over the Tops of Wefiern Hills.
VIII. *^
Seafons and Times obey his Voice v
The Evening and the Morn re/oice
To fee the Earth made fofc with Showers>
Laden with Fruit, and drefs'd in Flowers.
IX.
'Tis from his watry Stores on high
He gives the thirfty Ground Supply ^
He walks upon the Clouds, and thence
Doth his enriching Drops difpenfe*
Ii£ fSAhW iXVt
X.
;The Defart grows a fruitful Field,
Abundant Food the Vallies yield ;
,The Vallies fhout with chearful Voice,
And neighboring Hills repeat their Joys. .
The Paftures fmile in green Array ;
There Lambs and larger Cattle play ;
The larger Cattle and the Lamb,
Each in his Language ipeaks thy Name.'
XII.
Thy Works pronounce thy Power divine ;
O'er every Field thy Glories Ihine,
Thro* every Month thy Gifcs appear >
Great God ! thy Goodnefs crowns the Yean
Psalm LXV. Ftrfi Part. Com. Metre*
A Prayer-hearing Godi and the Gentiles catted*
I.
IT) raise waits in Zion% Lord, for Thee j
JL There fhall our Vows be paid :
Thou haft an Ear when Sinners pray,
All Flefh fha**feek thine Aid.
II.
Lord, our Iniquities prevail,
But pardoning Grace is thine,
And thou wilt grant us Power and Skill
To conquer every Sin.
HI.
Blefs'd are the Men whom thou wilt chufe
To bring them near thy Face,
Give them a Dwelling in thine Houfe,
To feaft upon thy Grace.
Psalm LXV. *sz
IV.
In »nfwering what thy Church requefts,
Thy Truth and Terror fhine,
And Works of dreadful Righteoufnefs
Fulfill thy kind Defign.
Thus fhall the wond'ring Nations fee
The Lord is good and juft >
And diftant lflands fly to thee,
And make thy Name their Truft.
VI.
They dread thy glittering Tokens, Lord,
When Signs in Heaven appear;
But they (hall learn thy Holy Word,
And love as well as fear.
Psalm LXV. Second Part. Common Metre*
The Providence of God in Air^ Earthy and
Sea; or, The Blefjing of Rain.
I.
"TTi s by thy Strength the Mountains Hand,
God of Eternal Power ;
The Sea grows calm at thy Command,
And Tempefts ceafe to r-oar.
II.
Thy Morning-Light and Evening-Shade
Succeflive Comforts bring ;
Thy plenteous Fruits make Harveftglad,
Thy Flowers adorn the Spring.
III.
Seafons and Times, and Moons, and Hours,
Heaven, Earth, and Air are thine;
When Clouds diftil in fruitful Showers,
The Author is Divine.
iv.
i$s Psalm LXVl
Thofe wandring Cifterns in the Skyr
Borne by the Winds around,
tWith watry Treafures well fupply
The Furrows of the Ground,
v.
The thirfty Ridges drink their Fill>
And Ranks of Corn appear;
LThy Ways abound with Bleffings ftill,<
Thy Goodnefs crowns the Year.
Ps^lm LXV. Third Part. Common Metre.'
The Bleffings of the Spring ; or, God gives Rain,
A Pfalm for the Husbandman.
I.
Good is the Lord, the Heavenly Kingy
Who makes the Earth his Care,
yifits the Paftures every Spring,
And bids the Grafs appear.
II.
The Clouds, like Rivers rais'd on high,.
Pour out, at thy Command,
Their watry Bleffings from the Sky,
Tochear the thirfty Land.
III.
Thefoftned Ridges of the Field
Permit the Corn to fpring ;
The Valleys rich Provifion yield,"
And the poor Labourers fing.
IV.
: The little Hills, on every Side,
Rejoice at falling Showers,
i'he Meadows, drefs'd in all their Pride^
Perfume the Air with Flowers.
Psalm LXVL i$p
v.
The barren Clods refrefh'd with Rain,
Promife a joyful Crop ;
The parching Grounds look green again,
And raife the Reaper's Hope.
VI.
The various Months thy Goodnefs crowns,
How bounteous are thy Ways ?
The bleating Flocks fpread o'er theDowns,
And Shepherds fhouc thy Praife.
Psalm LXVL Firfl Part.
• Governing Power and GooJnefs ; or, Ourt
Grace tried by dffliflions.
I.
Si n c all ye Nations to the Lord,
Sing with a joyful Noife ;
With Melody of Sound record
His Honours and your Joys.
II.
Say to the Power that (hakes the Sky*
How terrible art Thou !
Sinners before thy Prefence fly,
5 Or at thy Feet they bow*
III.
[Come, fee the Wonders of our God,
How glorious are his Ways !
In Mofes' Hand he puts his Rod,
And cleaves the frighted Seas.
IV.
He made the ebbing Channel dry,
While Ifrael pafs'd the Flood ;
There did the Church begin their Joy,
And triumph in their God.]
160 Psalm LXVL
v.
He rules by his refiftlefs Might ;
Will rebel Mortals dare
Provoke th'Eterqal to the Fight,
And tempt that dreadful War ?
VI.
O blefs our God, and never ceafe,
Ye Saints, fulfill his Praife ;
He keeps our Life, maintains our ?efce$
And guides our doubtful Ways.
VII.
Lord, thou haft prov'd our fuffering Souls^
To make our Graces fliine ;
So Silver bears the burning Coals
The Metal to refine.
VIII.
Thro* watry Deeps and fiery Ways
We march at thy Command,
Led to poffefs the promis'd Place
By thine unerring Hand.
Psalm LXVL 13 — 20. Second Part.
Praife to God for hearing Prayer,
No w fhall my folemn Vows be paid
To that Almighty Power,
That heard the long Requefts I made
In my diftrefsful Hour.
My Lips and chearful Heart prepare
To make his Mercies known ;
Come ye that fear my God, and hear
The Wonders He has done.
III.
When on my Head huge Sorrows fell,
I fought his heavenly Aid,
He
Ts a lm LXVL 1 6 1
He fa v d my finking Soul from Hell,
And Death's eternal Shade.
IV.
If Sin lay cover'd in my Heart,
While Prayer employed my Tongue,
The Lord had fhewn me no Regard,
Nor I his Praifes fung.
But God (his Name be ever bleft)
Has fet my Spirit free ;
Nor turn'd fom him my poor Requeft,'
Nor turn'd his Heart from me.
Psalm LX VII.
The Nation s Profperity, and the Church's In-
cveafe.
I.
Shine, mighty God, on Britain fhine
With Beams of heavenly Grace ;
Reveal thy Power thro' all our Coafts,
And (hew thy fmiling Face.
II.
[Amidft our Ifle, exalted high,
Do thou our Glory ftand,
And, like a Wall of Guardian-Fire,
Surround the Favourite Land.]
III.
When fhall thy Name, from Shoreto Shorf,
Sound all the Earth abroad,
Anddiftant Nations know and love
Their Saviour and their God ?
IV.
Sing to the Lord, ye diftant Lands,
Sing loud with folemn Voice ;
While
i6z Psalm LXVIII.
While Britifh Tongues exalt his Praife,
And Britijh Hearts rejoice,
v. '
He the Great Lord, the Sovereign Judge,
That fits enthron'd above,
^Wifely commands the Worlds he made
In Juftice and in Love.
VI.
Earth (hall obey her Maker's Will,
And yield a full Increafe ;
Our God will crown his chofen Ifle
With Fruitfulnefs and Peace.
VII.
God the Redeemer fcatters round
His choiceft Favours here,
While the Creation's utmoft Bound
Shall fee, adore, arid fear.
Having tranjlated the Scene of this Pfalm to Great Britajn, T
have borrow1 d a devout and poetic alWifb for the Happinep of my
native Land, from Zech. 2. 5. and offered it up in the fecond
Stanza. I will be a Wall of Fire round about* and will be the
Glory in the midft of her.
Psai.m LXVIII. Firfi Pan. v.i— $,32— 35.
T'he Vengeance and Compaffion of God.
I.
Le t God arife in all his Might,
And put the Troops of Hell to flight ;
As Smoke that fought to cloud the Skies
Before the rifing Tempeft flies.
He comes array'd in burning Flames;
fuftice and Vengeance are his Names :
3ehold his feinting Foes expire
ike melting Wax before the Fire.]
III.
Psalm LXVIIL JJx
in.
He rides nnd thunders thro' the Sky ;
His Name Jehovah founds on high :
Sing to his Name, ye Sons of Grace $
Ye Saints, rejoice before his Face.
IV.
The Widow and the Fatherlefs
Fly to his Aid in fharp Diftrefs :
In him the Poor and Helplefs find
A Judge that's juft, a Father kind.
He breaks the Captives heavy Chain,
And Prifoners fee the Light again;
But Rebels, that difpute his Will,
Shall dwell in Chains and Darknefs flilK
Pause.
VI.
Kingdoms and Thrones to God belong •
Crown him, ye Nations, in your Song :
His wondrous Names and Powers rehearfef
His Honours fhall enrich yeur Verfe.
VII.
He {hakes the Heavens with loud Alarms;
How terrible is God in Arms !
In Ifrael are his Mercies known,
Jfrael is his peculiar Throne,
vm.
Proclaim him King, pronounce him Bleft •
He's your Defence, your Joy, your Reft:
When Terrors rife, and Nations faint,
God is the Strength of every Saint.
I Psalm
1(54
fSALM t^XVllt
Psalm LXVIII. Second Part. v.ij.1%,
Chrift's Afcerjion, and the Gift tf the Spirit
T
T oRDi when thou didftafcend on high, -
L/ Ten thcufand Angels fillM the Sky ;
Thofe heavenly Guards around Thee wait,
Like Chariots that atterd thy State.
IL
Not Sinai's Mountain could appear
More glorious when the Lord was there J
While he pronounced his dreadful Law,
And ilrook the chofen Tiibes with Awe.
ill.
How bright the Triumph none can tell,
When the rebellious Powers of Hell,
That thoufand Souls had Captive made,
Were all in Chains like Captives led.
IV.
RaisM by his Father to the Throne,
He fent the promis'd Spirit down,
With Gifts and Grace for Rebel-Men,
That God might dwell on Earth again.
The nth and i%th Verfes of this Pfalm are applied to the
Afcenfion of Chrift, Epb. 4.* 8. and the promifed Spirit was
then given to Men, A&s 2, 33.
Psalm LXVIII. $d Part. v. 19,9,20,21,22,
Praife for Temporal Bleflings ; or, Common
and Special Mercies.
We blcfs the Lord, the Juft, the Good,
Who fills ourHearts witbjoy and Food;
Who pours his Bleffings from the Skies,
And loads our Days with rich Supplies.
Psalm LXVIIL 165
-* ir ■ — r
He fends the Son his Circuit round,
To chear the Fruits, to warm the Ground j
He bids the Clouds, with plenteous Rain,
Relrefh the thirfty Earth again.
III.
Tis to his Care we owe our Breath,
And all our near Efcapes rrom Death i
Safety and Health to God belong ;
He heals the Weak, and guards the Strong.
IV.
He makes the Saint and Sinner prove
The common Bleflings of his Love ;
But the wide Difference that remains,
Is endlefs Joy, or endlefs Pains,
v.
The Lord,that bruis'd the Serpent'sHeadj
On all the Serpent's Seed fhall tread ;
The ftubborn Sinner's Hope confound.
And finite him with a lafting Wound.
VI.
But his right Hand his Saints (hall raife
From the deep Earth, or deeper Seas ;
And bring them to his Courts above,
There fhall they tafte his fpecial Love,
The Verfes marked in the Title afferded me fever al Hints ft
firm a Divine Song on the Subjecl there expre£ed.
Psalm LXIX. i — 14. ift Part. Com, Metre*
The Sufferings cfCbrifi for our Salvation.
M
4=~
I.
C a v e me, O God, the fwelling Floods
" Break in upon my Soul :
I fink ; and Sorrows, o'er my Head,
'* JLike mighty Waters roll.
I 2 II>
166 P«almLXIX.
II.
I cry till all my Voice be gone,
In Tears I wafte the Day :
€{ MyGod> behold my longing Eyes,
" And (horten thy Delay.
HI.
c They hate my Soul without a Caufe^
J ' And ftill their Number grows
" More than the Hairs around my Head,
And mighty are my Foes.
IV.
V Twas then I paid that dreadful Debt
c< That Men could never pay,
" And gave thofe Honours to thy Law
Which Sinners took away/'
v.
Thus, in the Great Meffiah's Name,
The Royal Prophet mourns ;
Thus he awakes our Hearts to Grief,
And gives us Joy by turns.
VI.
" Now (hall the Saints rejoice and find
*c Salvation in my Name ;
* For I have borne their heavy Load
" Of Sorrow, Pain, and Shame.
VII.
u Grief, like a Garment, cloth'd me round,
c< And Sackcloth was my Drefs,
" While I procured for naked Souls
" A Robe of Righteoufnefs.
VIII.
<c Amongft my Brethren and the Jew
" I like a ftranger flood,
[' And bore their vile Reproach, to bring
" Tiie Gentiles near to God.
Tsalm LK1K.
167
IX.
f<
It
it
I came, in finful Mortals ftead,
M To do my Father's Will ;
" Yet when Icleans'd my Father's Houfe,
ct They fcandaliz'd my Zeal,
x.
My Fafting and my holy Groans
" Were made the Drunkard's Song ;
But God, from his Celeftial Throne,
" Heard my complaining Tongue.
XL
Cf He fav'd me from the dreadful Deep,
" Nor let my Soul be drown'd ;
c< He rais'd and fix'd my finking Feet
" Onwell-eftablifh'd Ground.
XIL
V 'Twas fn a moft accepted Hour
u My Prayer arofe on high,
cc And for my fake my God fhall hear
* The dying Sinner's Cry."
Stan. 7. Iberrvw the Robe of Righteoufnefs from Ifa. 6i*
TO. to answer the Garment of Sackcloth, ver. 11.
Psalm LXIX. 14 — 21, 26, 29, 32. Second
Part. Common Metre.
The PaJJion and Exaltation of Cbrifl.
No w let our Lips with holy Fear,
And mournful Pleafure fing
The Sufferings of our Great High-Prieft,
The Sorrows of our King.
11.
He (inks in Floods of deep Diftrefs j
How high the Waters rife 1
While to his heavenly Father's Ear
He fends perpetual Cries.
H— *tt
TeY Psalm LXIX.
hi.
f* Hear me, O Lord, and fave thy Son,
<c Nor hide thy fhining Face ;
i Why (hould thy Favourite look like one
u Forfaken of thy Grace ?
IV.
<c With Rage they perfecute the Man
<c That groans beneath thy Wound >
*c While, for a Sacrifice, I pour
" My Life upon the Ground.
v. - A
u They tread my Honour to the Duft,
c< And laugh when I complain ;
u Their lharp infulcing Slanders add
<c Frefh Anguifh to my Pain.
VI.
cc All my Reproach is known to Thee,
14 The Scandal and the Shame ;
*c Reproach has broke my bleeding Heart*
" And Lyes defied my Name.
VII.
V I look'd for Pity, but in vain *
<c My Kindred are my Grief;
" I ask my Friends for Comfort round,
" But meet with no Relief.
VIII.
5C With Vinegar they mock my Thirft,
<c They give me Gall for Food ;
" Andfporting with my dying Groans,
" They triumph in my Blood.
IX.
" Shine into my diftrefled Soul,'
c< Let thy Companions fave ;
" Andtho* my Flefli fink down to Death,
I! Redeem it from the Grave.
i ; *A
Psalm LX1X. 1Z9
" I fhall arife to praife thy Name,
" Shall reign in Worlds unknown,
cc And thy Salvation, O my God,
" Shall feat me on thy Throne.
Psalm LXIX. Third Part. Com. Metre.
Cbrift's Obedience and Death ; or, God
glorified and Sinners faved.
I.
Father, I fing thy wondrous Grace,
I blefs my Saviour's Name,
He bought Salvation for the Poor,
And bore the Sinners Shame.
II.
His deep Diftrefs has rais'd us high,
His Duty and his Zeal
Fulfiil'd the Law which Mortals broke,
Andfinifh'dallthy Will,
ill.
His dying Groans, his living Songs
Shall better pleafe my God,
Than Harp or Trumpet's folemn Sound,
Than Goats or Bullocks Blood.
IV.
This fhall his humble Followers fee,
And fet their Hearts at reft ;
They by his Death draw near to Thee^
And live for ever blefh
v.
Let Heaven and all that dwell on high
To God their Voices raife,
While Lands and Seas affift the Sky,
And join t 'advance the Praife.
I 4 VI
176 Psalm LXIX.
:
VI.
Zion is thine, moft holy God ;
Thy Son (hall blefs her Gates :
And Glory purchased by his Blood
For thy own Ifrael waits.
Psalm LXIX, Firfl Part. Long Metre.
Chrift's Pafjioiii and Sinners Salvation.
I.
De e p in our Hearts let us record
The deeper Sorrows of our Lord /
Behold the riling Billows roll
To overwhelm his holy Soul.
II.
In long Complaints he fpends his Breath*
While Hofts of Hell, and Powers of Death,
And all the Sons of Malice join
To execute their curft Deflgn.
ill.
Yet, gracious God, thy Power and LovS
Has made the Curfe a Bleffing prove ;
Thofe dreadful Sufferings of thy Son
Aton'd for Sins which we had done.
IV.
The Pangs of our expiring Lord
The Honours of thy Law reftor'd:
His Sorrows made thy Juftice known,
And paid for Follies not his own,
v.
O for his Sake our Guilt forgive,
And let the mourning Sinner live :
The Lord will hear us in his Name,
Nor (hall our Hope be turn'd to Shame.
Psalm
PSA-LM-LXIX. 171
Psalm LXIX. v. 7, &c. &c<W /Vf.
Long Metre,
Cbrift's Sufferings and Zeal.
I.
TT"! was for thy Sake, Eternal Gcd,
JL Thy Son fuftain'd that heavy Load
Of bafe Reproach and fore Difgrace,
And Shame defil'd his facred Face.
II.
The jtexw, his Brethren and his Kin,
Abus'd the Man that check'd their Sin :
While he fulfill'd thy holy Laws,
They hate him, but without a Caufe.
III.
[My Father s Houfe, faid he, was made
A Place for IVurfhip, not for Trade •
Then fcattering all their Gold and Brafs,
He fcoarg'd the Merchants from the Place.]
IV.
[Zeal for the Temple of his God
Confum'd his Life, expos'd his Blood :
Reproaches at thy Glory thrown
He felr, and mournxl them as his own,]
v.
[His Friends forfook, his Followers fled,
While Foes and Armsfurround his Head ;
They curfe him with a flanderous Tongue,
Andthefalfe Judge maintains the Wrong.]
VI.
His Life they load with hateful Lyes,
And charge his Lips with Blafphemies;
They nail him to the (hameful Tree ;
Tiiere hung the Man that dy'd for me.
is yn-
\7Z Psalm XXXI.
VII.
[Wretches with Hearts as hard as Stones
Infult his Piety and Groans :
Gall was the Food they gave him there,
And mock'd his Thirft with Vinegar.]
VIII.
But God beheld ; and from his Throne
Marks out the Men that hate his Son ;
The Hand that rais'd him from the Dead,
Shall pour the Vengeance on their Head.
In both the Metres of this Pfalm, I have apply'd it to the
Sufferings of Chrift, as the N, T. gives fujficient Reafon by
fever al Citations of this Pf aim : From which Places 1 have
borrcvSd the Particulars of his Suffering for our Sins, his
Scourging the Buyers and Sellers out of the Temple, his Cru-
cifixion, &c. But I have omitted the dreadful Imprecations on
liis Enemies, except tvhat is inserted in this laft Stanza, in the
JVay of a Prediclicn or Threatning, Stanza 5. The falfe Judge
is the High Prieft, not Pilate.
Psalm LXXL 5— p. Fir ft Part.
"The aged Saint's RefleElion and Hope.
I.
T\ yj y God, my everlafting Hope,
JL V j[ I live upon thy Truth ;
Thine Hands have held my Childhood up,
And ftrengtlrned all my Youth.
II.
My Fleih was fafhion'd by thy Power,
With all thefe Limbs of mine ;
And from my Mother's painful Hour
IVe been entirely thine.
III.
Still has my Life new Wonders feenJ
Repeated every Year;
Behold my Days that yet remain,
I mi ft them to thy Care.
IV.
Psalm LXXL V7A
IV.
Cafl: me not off when Strength declines,
When hoary Hairs arife ;
And round me lee thy Glories fhine
When e er thy Servant dies,
v.
Then in the Hiftory of my Age,
When Men review my Days,
They'll read thy Love in every Page,
In every Line thy Praife.
Psalm LXXT. 15, 14, i6> 23, 22,24."
Second Part.
Chrift our Strength and Righteoufnefs.
I.
My Saviour, my almighty Friend,
When I begin thy Praife,
Where will the growing Numbers end,
The Numbers of thy Grace ?
II.
Thou art my everlafling Truft,
Thy Goodnefs I adore ;
And fince I kneto thy Graces fivft,
I fbeak thy Glories more.
III.
My Feet fhall travel all the Length
Of the celeftial Road,
And march with Courage in thy Strength,
To fee my Father God.
IV.
When I am fiii'd with fore Diftrefs
For fome furprizing Sin,
Vl\ plead thy perfect Righteoufnefs,
-And- mention none but thine.
174 fsALM- LXXI.
V.
How will my Lips rejoice to tell
The Vi&ories of my King !
My Soul redeem'd from Sin and Hell
Shall thy Salvation (ing.
VI.
[My Tongue lhall all the Day proclaim
My Saviour and my God :
.His Death has brought my Foes to Shame,
And drown'd them in his Blood.
VJI.
Awake, awake, my tuneful Powers,
With this delightful Song
Til entertain the darkeft Hours,
Nor think the Seafon long.]
If tbefe Verfes of the Pfalmijl do not direclly intend, that in
God our Saviour is our Righteoufnefs and Strength, as Ifa. 45.
21* — 25. yet there is a fair Occafiongi'ven in the Words., for this
£,'va?igelical Turn of Thought*
Psalm LXXL 17—21. Third Part.
<The aged Chriftian's Prayer and Song; ox->
Old dge, Death and the Refurreftion.
I.
God of my Childhood and my Youth,
The Guide of all my Days,
I have declar'd thy heavenly Truth,
And told thy wond'rous Ways.
Wilt thou forfake my hoary Hairs,
And leave my fainting Heart ?
\Vho fin all fuftain my finking Years
If Gcd my Strength depart ?
HI.
Let me thy Power and Truth proclaim
To the furviving Age,
£nd
Psalm LXXL 17 j
And leave a Savour of thy Name
When I (hall quit the Stage.
IV.
The Land of Silence and of Death
Attends my next Remove ;
O may thefe poor Remains of Breath
Teach the wide World thy Love 1
Pa use.
v.
Thy Righteoufnefs is deep and high,
Unfearchable thy Deeds ;
Thy Glory fpreads beyond the Sky,
And all my Praife exceeds.
VI.
Oft have I heard thy Threatnings roar,
And oft endur'd the Grief ;
But when thy Hand haspreft me fore,
Thy Grace was my Relief.
VII.
By long Experience have I known
Thy fovereign Power to fave ;
At thy Command I venture down
Securely to the Grave.
VIII.
When I lie buried deep in Duft,
My Flefh (hall be thy Care ;
Thefe withering Limbs with thee I truft,
To raife them ftrong and fair.
So fair a ProfefliGTt and Faith of the Refurreciion in v. 20. I
could not vmit without Injury to tin Pfalmiji, and to jay swn
Psalm
176 Vsalu LXXII.
Psalm LXXIL FirfiPart.
The Kingdom of Chrift.
I.
G! r e a t God, whofe univerfal Sway
[ The known and unknown Worlds obey,
Now give the Kingdom to thy Son,
Extend his Power, exalt his Throne.
u.
Thy Sceptre well becomes his Hands,
All Heaven fubmits to his Commands ;
His Juftice (hall avenge the Poor,
And Pride and Rage prevail no more.
III.
With Power he vindicates the Juft>
And treads th3 Oppreflbr in the Duft ;
His Worfhip and his Fear ftiall laft
vTill Hours and Years and Time be paft.
lv. r
As Rain on Meadows newly mown,
So (hall he fend his Influence down ;
His Grace on fainting Souls diftilte,
♦Like heavenly Dew on thirfty Hills,
v.
The Heathen Lands that lie beneath
The Shades of overfpreading Death,
Revive at his firft da wnfag Light,
And Defarts bloffom at the Sight.
VI.
The Saints fhall fiourifh in his Days,
Dreft in the Robes of joy and Praiie;
Peace like a River from his Throne
Shall flow to Nations yet unknown.
x Psalm
PsAlm LXXIL 177
Psalm LXXIL Second Part.
Chrift'i Kingdom among the Gentiles.
JESUS fhall reign where-e'er the Sun
Does his fucceffive Journeys run ;
His Kingdom ftrecch from Shore to Shore,
Till Moons (hall wax and wane no more,
II.
[Behold the Iilands with their Kings,
And Europe her bed Tribute brings ;
From North to South the Princes meet
To pay their Homage at his Feet*
III.
There Perfia glorious to behold,
There India fhines in Eaflern Gold ;
nd barbarous Nations at his Word
ubmit and bow and own their Lord.3
IV.
or him fhall endlefs Prayer be made,
nd Praifes throng to crown his Head ;
is Name like fweet Perfume (hall rife
With every Morning Sacrifice.
v.
People and Realms of every Tongue
Dwell on his Love with fweeteft Song;
And Infant-Voices (hall proclaim
Their early Bleflings on his Name.
VI.
!3leffings abound where-eser he reigns,
The Prifoner leaps to lofe his Chains,
The Weary find eternal Reft,
And all the Sons of Want are bleft.
VIL
17* Psalm LXXIIL
vii.
[Where he difplays his healing Power,
Death and the Curfe are known no more ;
In him the Tribes of Adam boaft
More Bleffings than their Father loft.
VIII.
Let every Creature rife, and bring
Peculiar Honours to our King ;
Angels defcend with Songs again,
And Earth repeat the long Amen.'}
Psalm LXXIIL Firfi Part. Com. Met.
Afflifted Saints happy, and profperous Sinners
curfed.
I.
No w Vm convinced, the Lord is kind
To Men of Heart fincere :
Yet once my foolilh Thoughts repin'd,
And border \i on Defpair.
II.
I griev'd to fee the Wicked thrive,
And fpoke with angry Breath,
" How pleafant and profane they live !
" How peaceful is their Death !
III.
cc With well-fed Flefh and haughty Eyes
" They lay their Fears to fleep;
V Againft the Heavens their Slanders rife*
" While Saints in Silence weep.
IV.
ic In vain I lift my Hands to pray,
" And cleanfe my Heart in vain,
fc For I am chaften'd all the Day,
!! The Night renews my Pain.
*ll
Psalm LXXIII. I7S>
J
v.
Yet while my Tongue indulg'd Complaints,
I felt my Heart reprove ;
" Sure I fhall thus offend thy Saints,
" And grieve the Men I love.
VI.
But ftill I found my Doubts too hard,
The Conflift too fevere,
Till I retir'd to fearch thy Word,
And learn thy Secrets there.
VII.
There, as in fome prophetick Glafs,
I faw the Sinner's Feet
High-mounted on a flippery Place
Befidea fiery Pit.
VIII.
I heard the Wretch profanely boaft,
Till at thy Frown he fell ;
His Honours in a Dream were loft,
And he awakes in Hell.
IX.
Lord, what an envious Fool I was I
1
How like a thoughtlefs Beaft I
Thus to fufpe&thy promis'd Grace,
And think the Wicked bleft.
X.
Yet I was kept from full Defpair,
Upheld by Power unknown ;
That blefled Hand that broke the Snare,
Shall guide me to thy Throne.
Psalm
ISO Psalm LXXIH7
Psalm LXXIII. 23— 28. Second Part.
Common Metre.
God our Portion here and hereafter.
I.
Go d my Supporter and my Hope,
My Help for ever near,
,Thine Arm of Mercy held me up
When finking in Defpair-
II.
Thy Counfels, Lord, fhall guide my Feet
Through this dark Wildernefs;
Thine Hand conduft me near thy Sear,
To dwell before thy Face.
ill.
Were I in Heaven without my God,
'Twould be no Joy to me:
And whiift this Earth is my Abode,
I long for none but thee.
IV.
What if the Springs of Life were broke,
And Flefli and Heart fhould faint,
God is my Soul's eternal Rock,
The Strength of every Saint*
v.
Behold, the Sinners that remove
Far from thy Prefence die ;
Not all the Idol-Gods they love
Can fave them when they cry.
VI.
But to draw near to thee, my God,
Shall be my fweet Employ ;
My Tongue fhall found thy Works abroad,
And tell the World my Joy.
Psalm
PS AIM LXXIII __L3X
Psalm LXXIII. 22, 3, 5, 17—20.
Long Metre.
The Profperity of Sinners curfed.
I.
Lord, what a thoughtlefs Wretch was t,
To mourn and murmur and repine
To fee the Wicked plac'd on high,
In Pride and Robes of Honour (hine I
II.
But O their End ! their dreadful Endl
Thy Sanctuary taught me fo:
On flippery Rocks I fee them ftand,
And fiery Billows roll below.
III.
Now let them boaft how tall they rife,
I'll never envy them again ;
There they may ftand with haughty Eyes,
Till they plunge deep in endiefs Pain.
IV.
Their fancy'd Joys, howfaft they flee!
Juft like a Dream when Man awakes j
Their Songs of fofteft Harmony
Are but a Preface to their Plagues,
v.
Now I efteem their Mirth and Wine
Too dea* to purchafe with my Blood ;
Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine,
My Life, my Portion, and my God.
Psalm LXXIII. Short Metre.
*The Myftery of Providence unfolded.
I.
<J? u r e there's a righteous God,
Nor is Religion vain;
Tho*
182 Psalm LXXIIL
Tho* Men of Vice may boaft aloud,
And Men of Grace complain.
II.
I faw the Wicked rife,
And felt my Heart repine,
.While haughty Fools with fcornful EyeS
In Robes of Honour ftiine.
III.
[Pamper'd with wanton Eafe
Their Flefh looks full and fair,
Their Wealth rolls in like flowing Seas,
And grows without their Care.
IV.
Free from the Plagues and Pains
That pious Souls endure,
^Thro* all their Life Oppreflion reigns,
And racks the humble Poor,
v.
Their impious Tongues blafphem®
The everlafting God ;
Their Malice blafts the good Man's Name;
And fpreads their Lyes abroad.
VI.
But I with flowing Tears
Indulged my Doubts to rife ;
* Is there a God that fees or hears
, V The Things below the Skies ?}
VII.
The Tumults of my Thought
Held me in hard Sufpenfe,
Till to thy Houfe my Feet were brought
^To learn thy Juftice thence.
VIII
Psalm LXXIV. 1S3
VIII.
Thy Word with Light and Power
Did my Miftakes amend ;
jl viewed the Sinners Life before,
But here I learnt their End.
IX.
On what a flippery Steep
The thoughtlefs Wretches go !
And O that dreadful fiery Deep
That waits their Fall below 1
X.
Lord, at thy Feet I bow,
My Thoughts no more repine:
I call my God my Portion now,
And all my Powers are thine.
This Pfalm is a moft nchle Ccmpofiire ; the Dejign and Model
%f it is divinely beautiful, and an admirable Pattern for a Poet
fo copy. But it being one fingle Scheme of Thought, 1 10 as obliged
0 ccntraclit, that it might be fung at once ; thoy the Dignity and
leauty of the Odefuffers much by this means,
P 5 A L M LXXIV.
The Church pleading with God under fore
Perfections.
I.
Wi l l God for ever caft us off?
His Wrath for ever fmoak
Againft the People of his Love,
His little chofen Flock ?
II.
Think of the Tribes fo dearly bought
With their Redeemer's Blood ;
Nor let thy Sion be forgot,
Where once thy Glory flood.
!
784 PSALM LXXIVT
III.
Lift up thy Feet, and march in hafte,
Aloud our Ruin calls ;
See what a wide and fearful Wafte
Is made within thy Walls.
IV.
Where once thy Churches pray'd and fang,
Thy Foes profanely roar;
Over thy Gates their Enfigns hang,
Sad Tokens of their Power,
v.
How are the Seats of Worfhip broke J
They tear thy Buildings down,
And he that deals the heavieft Stroke
K Procures the chief Renown.
VI.
With Flames they threaten to deftroy
Thy Children in their Neft ;
Come let us burn at once, they cry,
"the Temple and the Priefi.
VII.
And Hill to heighten our Diftrefs
Thy Prefence is withdrawn ;
Thy wonted Signs of Power and Grace,
Thy Power and Grace are gone,
VIII.
No Prophet fpeaks to calm oar Woes,
But all the Seers mourn ;
There's not a Soul amongft us knows
The Time of thy Return.
Pause.
IX.
How long, Eternal God, how long
Shall Men of Pride blafpheme ?
Shall
Psalm LXXIV. TSJ
Shall Saints be made their endlefs Song,
And bear immortal Shame?
X.
Can'ft thou for ever fit and hear
Thine holy Name profan'd ?
And ftill thy Jealoufy forbear,
And ftill withhold thine Hand ?
XI.
What ftrange Deliverance haft thou(howll,
In Ages long before ?
And now no other God we own,
No other God adore.
XII.
Thou didft divide the raging Sea
By thy reliftlefs Might,
To make chy Tribes a wondrous Way,
And then fecure their Flight.
XIII.
Is not the World of Nature thine,
The Darknefs and the Day ?
Didft not thou bid the Morning (hine,
And mark the Sun hrs Way ?
XIV.
Hath not thy Power form'd every Coaft,
And fet the Earth its Bounds,
With Summer's Heat and Winter's Fro ft,
In their perpetual Rounds ?
XV.
And fhall the Sons of Earth and Duft
That facred Power blafpheme ?
Will not thy Hand that form'd them firft
Avenge thine injured Name ?
XVI.
185 Psalm LXXV,
xvi.
Think on the Covenant thou haft made,
And all thy Words of Love ;
Nor let the Birds of Prey invade
And vex thy mourning Dove,
XVII5
Our Foes would triumph in our Blood,
And make our Hope their Jeft ;
Plead thy own Caufe, Almighty God,
And give thy Children Reft.
Psalm LXXV.
Power and Government from God alone.
Apply'd to the Glorious Revolution by King
William, or the happy Acceffion of King
George to the Throne.
I.
To thee, mod Holy, and moft High,
To thee we bring our thankful Praife;
Thy Works declare thy Name is nigh,
Thy Works of Wonder and of Grace.
II.
Britain was doom'd to be a Slave,
Her Frame diflblv'd, her Fears were great;
When God a new Supporter gave
To bear the Pillars of the State,
ill.
He from thy Hand receiv'd his Crown,
And fwareto rule by wholefome Laws •
His Foot fhall tread th* Oppreflfor down,
His Arm defend the righteous Caufe,
IV.
Let haughty Sinners fink their Pride,
Nor lift fo high their fcornful Head ;
But lay their foolifli Thoughts afide,
And own the King that God hath made.
V.
Psalm LXXVL 187
v.
Such Honours never come by chance,
Nor do the Winds Promotion blow :
Tis God the Judge doth one advance,
Tis God that lays another low.
VI.
No vain Pretence to Royal Birth
Shall fix a Tyrant on the Throne :
God the great Sovereign of the Earth
Will rife and make his Juftice known.
VII.
[His Hand holds out the dreadful Cup
Of Vengeance mix'd with various Plagues,
To make the Wicked drink them up,
Wring out and tafte the bitter Dregs.
VIII.
Now fhall the Lord exalt the Juflr,
And while he tramples on the Proud,
And lays their Glory in the Duft,
My Lips (hall fing his Praife aloud.]
Psalm LXXVI.
Ifrael fav'd, and the Aflyrians deftroy'd ;or9
God's Vengeance againft his Enemies proceeds
from his Church.
T n jfudah God of old was known j
X His Name in Ifrael great ;
fn Salem ftood his holy Throne,
And Sion was his Seat.
It
Among the Praifes of his Saints
His Dwelling there he chofe ;
There he received their juft Complaints
Againft their haughty Foes.
K in.
188 Psalm LXXVL
in.
from Zion went his dreadful Word,
And broke thethreatning Spear ;
The Bow, the Arrows and the Sword,
And crufh'd th' djfyrian War.
IV.
What are the Earth's wide Kingdoms elfe.
But mighty Hills of Prey ?
The Hill on which Jehovah dwells
Is glorious more than they.
'T was lions King that ftopt the Breath
Of Captains and their Bands :
The Men of Might flepc faft in Death,
And never found their Hands.
VI.
At thy Rebuke, O Jacob's God,
Both Horfe and Chariot fell :
Who knows the Terrors of thy Rod ?
Thy Vengeance who can tell ?
VII.
What Power can ftand before thy Sight
When once thy Wrath appears ?
When Heaven fhines round with dreadful Light,
The Earth lies ftill and fears.
VIII.
When God in his own fovereign Ways
Comes down to fave th' Oppreft,
The Wrath of Man (hall work his Praife,
And he'll reftrain the reft.
IX.
[Vow to the Lord, and Tribute bring,
Ye Prirces fear his Frown :
His Terror (hakes cheproudeft King,
And cuts an Army down.
X
Psalm LXXVII. 189
x. ■■
The Thunder of his (harp Rebuke
Our haughty Foes fhall feel :
For Jacob's God hath not forfook,
But dwells in Zion ftill.J
Psalm LXXVII. Firfi Part.
Melancholy ajfaulting, and Hope prevailing,
I.
To God I cry'd with mournful Voice,
I fought his gracious Ear,
In the fad Day when Troubles rofe,
And filfd the Night with Fear.
11.
Sad were my Days and dark my Nights,'
My Soul refus'd Relief :
I thought on God the Juft and Wife,
But Thoughts increas'd my Grief,
III.
Still I complain'd, and ftill oppreft,
My Heart began to break ;
My God, thy Wrath forbid my Reft,
And kept my Eyes awake.
IV.
My overwhelming Sorrows grew
'Till I could fpeak no more ;
Then I within myfelf withdrew,
And call'd thy Judgments o'er.
I callM back Years and antient Times
When I beheld thy Face ;
My Spirit fearch'd for fecret Crimes
That might with-hold thy Grace*
K z VI.
too Psalm LXXVII,
VI.
Icall'd thy Mercies to my mind
Which I enjoy'd before ;
And will the Lord no more be kind ?
His Face appear no more ?
VII.
Will he for ever caft me off ?
His Promife ever fail ?
Has he forgot his tender Love ?
Shall Anger ftill prevail ?
VIII.
But I forbid this hopelefs Thought^
This dark defpairing Frame,
Remembring what thy Hand hath wrought,
Thy Hand is ftili the fame.
IX.
I'll think again of all thy Ways,
And talk thy Wonders o'er ;
Thy Wonders of recovering Grace,
When Flefh could hope no more.
x.
Grace dwells with Juftice on the Throne j
And Men that love thy Word
Have in thy San&uary known
The Counfels of the Lord.
Psalm LXXVII. Second Part.
Comfort derived from antient Providences • or,
Ifrael deliver d from Egypt, and brought to
Canaan.
I.
ce T Tow awful is thy chaft'ning Rod ?
cc JlI (May thy own Children lay)
% The Great, the Wife,the Dreadful God !
~! How holy is his Way !
Psalm"XXXVIE T5T
u w —
Til meditate his Works of old ;
The King that reigns above ;
I'll hear his antient Wonders told,
And learn to truft his Love.
III.
Long did theHoufe of Jofepb lie
With Egypt's Yoke oppreft ;
Long he delay M to hear their Cry,
Nor gave his People Reft.
IV.
The Sons of good old Jacob feem'd
Abandon'd to their Foes ,-
But his Almighty Arm redeemed
The Nation that he chofe.
V.
Ifrael his People and his Sheep
Muft follow where he calls ;
He bid them venture thro* the Deep,
And made the Waves their Walls.
VI.
The Waters faw thee, mighty God,
The Waters faw thee come ;
Backward they fled, and frighted flood
To make thine Armies room.
VII.
Strange was thy Journey thro* the Sea,
Thy Foot-fteps, Lord, unknown ;
Terrors attend the wondrous Way
That brings thy Mercies down.
VIII.
[Thy Voice with Terror in the Sound
Thro* Clouds and Darknefs broke :
All Heaven in Lightning (hone around,
And Earth with Thunder fhook.
Kj IX
fit* Psalm LXXVII.
IX.
T^ine Arrows thro* the Skies were hurlM*
How glorious is the Lord !
Surprize and Trembling feiz'd the World j
And his own Saints ador'd.
X,
He gave them Water from the Rock j
And fafe by Mofes Hand
Thro* a dry Defart led his Flock
Home to the promised Land.]
Psalm LXX VIII. Ftrfl Part.
Providences of God recorded ; or, Pious Edu-
cation and Inftru&ion of Children,
I.
Le t Children hear the mighty Deeds
Which God perform'd of old,
Which in our younger Years we faw,
And which our Fathers told.
II.
He bids us make his Glories known,
His Works of Power and Grace ;
And we'll convey his Wonders down
Thro' every rifing Race,
in.
Our Lips fhall tell them to our Sons,
And they again to theirs,
fThat Generations yet unborn
May teach them to their Heirs.
IV.
Thus fhall they learn, in God alone
Their Hope fecurely ftands,
That they may ne er forget his Works*
But pra&ife his Commaods.
Psalm
Psalm LXXVIII. 193
Psalm LXXVIII. Second Part.
Ifrael'j Rebellion and Punifhment ; or, The
Sins and Cbaftifements of God's People.
I.
f\ What a ftiff rebellious Houfe
\^/ Was Jacob's antient Race !
Falfe to their own mofc (blemn Vows,
And to their Maker's Grace.
11.
They broke the Covenant of his Love,
And did his Laws defpife,
Forgot the Works he wrought to proved
His Power before their Eyes,
ill.
They faw the Plagues on Egypt light,
From his revenging Hand :
What dreadful Tokens of his Might
Spread o'er the ftubborn Land !
IV.
They faw him cleave the mighty Sea,
And march'd in Safety thro\
With wat'ry Walls to guard their Way,
Till they had 'fcap'd the Foe.
v.
A wondrous Pillar mark'd the Road,
Compos'd of Shade and Light ;
By Day it prov'd a (heltering Cloud,
A leading Fire by Night.
VI.
He from the Rock their Thirfl: fupplyM >
Thegufhing Waters fell,
And ran in Rivers by their Side,
A conftant Miracle.
. : au a
19AT Psalm LXXVIIL
vit. .
Yet they provokM the Lord moft high,
And dar'd diftruft his Hand;
*J Can he with Bread our Hoft fupply
Amidft this defart Land ?
VIII.
The Lord with Indignation heard,
And caus'd his Wrath to flame ;
His Terrors ever ftand prepar'd
To vindicate his Name.
Psalm LXXVIIL Third Part.
T'he Punijhment of Luxury and Intemperance ]
or, Chaftifement and Salvation.
I.
When lfrael fins, the Lord reproves,
And fills their Hearts with Dread j
Yet he forgives the Men he loves,
And fends them heavenly Bread.
II.
He fed them with a liberal Hand,
And made his Treafures known ;
He gave the Midnight-clouds Command
' To pour Provifion down.
III.
The Manna like a Morning-fhow'r
Lay thick around their Feet ,•
The Corn of Heaven fo light, fo pure,
As tho' 'twere Angels Meat.
iv.
But they in murmuring Language faid,
" Manna is all our Feaftj
V We loath this light, this airy Bread j
V We muft have Flefh to tafte.
v.
Psalm LXXVIIL 195
v.
" Yefbatt have Flejh topleafe your Luft :
The Lord in Wrath reply'd.
And fent them Quails like Sand or Duft,
Heap'd up from Side to Side.
• VI.
He gave them all their own Defirej
And greedy as they fed,
His Vengeance burnt withfecret Fire,
And fmote the Rebels dead.
VII.
When fome were (lain, the reft return'd,
And fought the Lord with Tears;
Under the Rod they fearM and mourn'd,
But foon forgot their Fears,
vm. -
Oft he chaftis'd, and ftill forgave,
Till by his gracious Hand
The Nation he refolv'cf to fave,
PoflfefsM the promis'd Land.
Psalm LXXVIII. v. 32, dec. 4th Pari.
Backjliding and Forgivenefs ; or, Sin
punijhsd, and Saints faved.
I.
Gf mat God, how oft did Ifrael prove
[ By turns thine Anger and thy Love ?
There in a Glafs our Hearts may fee
How fickle and how falfe they be.
II.
How foon the faithlefs Jews forgot
The dreadful Wonders God had wrought!
Then they provoke him to his Face,
Nor fear his Power, nor truft his Grace.
K 5 ilLJ
tp6 Psalm LXXX.
nr —
The Lord confum'd their Years in Pain^
And made their Travels long and vain >
A tedious March thro* unknown Ways
Wore out their Strength and fpent their Days;
IV.
Oft when they faw their Brethren (lain,
They mourn a. and fought the Lord again ;
Calfd him the Rock of their Abode,
Their high Redeemer and their God.
Their Pray'rs and Vows before him rife
AsTfettering Words or folemn Lyes,
While their Rebellious Tempers prove
Falfe to his Covenant and his Love.
VI.
Yet did his Sovereign Grace forgive
The Men who not deferv'd to live;
His Anger ofc away he turn'd,
Or elfe with gentle Flame it burnM*
VII.
He faw their Flefh was weak and frail,
He faw Temptation ftill prevail ;
The God of Abraham lov*d them ftill,
And led them to his holy Hill.
Psalm LXXX,
The Church's Prayer under Affliction ; or,
ffie Vineyard of God zvafied.
I.
C"1 R e a * Shepherd of thine Ifraet,
"J Who did ft between the Cherubs d veil.
And lead the Tribes, thy chofen Sheep,
jSafe thro9' the Defart and the Deep.
If,
Psalm LXXX.
197
i
II.
Thy Church is in the Defart now,
Shine from on high and guide us thro5 *
Turn us to thee, thy Love reftore,
We (hall be fav'd, and figh no more,
ill.
Great God, whom heavenly Hofts obey,
How long ftiall we lament &nd pray,
And wait in vain thy kind Return ?
I How long (hall thy fierce Anger burn ?
' Inftead of Wine and chearful Bread
Thy Saints with their own Tears are fed j
Turn us to thee, thy Love reftore,
We fhail be fav'd, and figh no more.
P A U S E I.
V.
Haft thou not planted with thy Hands
; A lovely Vine in Heat ben Lands ?
Did not thy Power defend it round,
i And heavenly Dews enrich the Ground >
VI.
How did the fpreading Branches (hoot,
And blefs the Nations with the Fruit !
;But now, dear Lord, look down and fee
Thy mourning Vine, that* lovely Tree.
VII.
Why is its Beauty thus defac'd ?
Why haft thou laid her Fences wafte ?
Strangers and Foes againft her join,
And every Beaft devours the Vine.
VIII.
Return, Almighty God return ;
Nor let thy bleeding Vineyard mourn r
Turn.
198
Psalm LXXX
Turn us to thee, thy Love reftore,
We (hall be fav'd, and figh no more.
Pause II.
IX.
Lord, when this Vine in Canaan grew
Thou was't its Strength and Glory too j
Attack'd in vain by all its Foes,
Till the fair Branch of Promt fe rofe.
X.
Fair Branch, ordain'd of old to fhoot
From David's Stock, from Jacob's Root 3
Himfelf a noble Vine, and we
fThe leiTer Branches of the Tree.
XI.
*Tis thy own Son ; and he fhall ftand
Girt with thy Strength at thy right Hand >
Thy firft-born Son, adornM and bleft
With Power and Grace above the reft.
XII.
O ! for his fake attend our Cry,
Shine on thy Churches left they die ;
Turn us to Thee, thy Love reftore,
We fhall be fav'd, and figh no more.
Psalm LXXXI.
'the Warnings of God to his People ; orr Spi-.
ritual Eleffings and Punifoments.
Si n c to the Lord aloud,
And make a joyful Noife :
God is our Strength, our Saviour God ;
Let Ifrael hear his Voice.
n.
From vile Idolatry
" Preferve my Worihip clean ;
« T
Psalm LXXXL* 199
«
? I am the Lord whofet thee free
iC From Slavery and Sin.
III.
cc Stretch thy Defires abroad,
cc And I'll fupply them well ;
" But if ye will refufe your God,
" If Ifrael will rebel,
iv.
" Fll leave them, faith the Lord,
<c To their own Lufts a Prey,
And let them run the dangerous Road;
cc 'Tis their own chofen way.
v.
<c Yet, O! that all my Saints
" Would hearken to my Voice !
Soon I would eafe their fore Complaint^
" And bid their Hearts rejoice.
VI.
cc While I deftroy their Foes,
" I'd richly feed my Flock,
And they fhould tafte the Stream that flow
* From their eternal Rock."
cc
cc
Psalm LXXXII.
God the Supreme Govemour ; or, Magifirates
warned.
I.
Among th'Aflemblies of the Great,
A greater Ruler takes his Seat;
The God of Heaven, as Judge, furveys
Thofe Gods on Earth and all their Ways ;
IT.
Why will ye then frame wicked Laws ?
Or why fupport th' unrighteous Caufe ?
When
20O PSA&M LXXXIII.
When will ye once defend the Poor,
That Sinners vex the Saints no more ?
ill.
They know not, Lord, nor will they know.
Dark are the Ways in which they go ;
Their Name of Earthly Gods is vain,
For they fhall fall and die like Men.
IV.
Arife, O Lord, and let thy Son
Potfefs his univerfal Throne,
And rule the Nations with his Rod ;
He is our Judge, and He our God.
TZ><» lafl Verfe of this Pfalm may not improperly be apptyd to I
Cbrifty for he is that God that muji judge the Earth, Pfalm $6, '
and 98. and have the Nations for his Inheritance, PfaL 2* 8» I
I
Psalm LXXXIII.
A Complaint againft Perfecutors*
I.
An d will the God of Grace
Perpetual Silence keep ?
The God of Juftice hold his peace^
And let his Vengeance fleep ?
II.
Behold what curfed Snares
The Men of Mifchief fpread ;
The Men that hate thy Saints and Thee
Lift up their threatning Head.
Againft thy hidden Ones
Their Couniels they employ,
And Malice, with her watchful Eye,
Purfues them to deftroy.
Psalm LXXXIII. 201
cc
IV.
The Noble and theBafe
Into thy Paftures leap;
The Lion and the ftupid Afs
Confpire to vex thy Sheep,
v.
u Come let us join they cry,
" To root them from the Ground,
Till not the Name of Saints remain,
" Nor Memory fhall be found/'
VI.
Awake, Almighty God,
And call thy Wrath to mind ;
Give them like Forefts to the Fire,
Or Stubble to the Wind.
VII.
Convince their Madnefs, Lord,
And make them feek thy Name ;
Or elfe their ftubborn Rage confound*
That they may die in fhame.
VIII.
Then fhall the Nations know-
That glorious dreadful Word,
Jehovah is thy Name alone,
And thou the Sovereign Lord.
Psalm LXXXIV. Firfi Part. Long Metre.
"the Pleafure of Publick IVtrfbip.
Ho w pleafant, how divinely fair,
O Lord of Hofts, thy Dwellings are I
With long Defire my Spirit feints
To meet th* Aflemblies of thy Saints.
II.
My Flefh would reft in thine Abode,
My panting Heart cries out for God j
My
202 Psalm LXXXIV.
My God! my King! whyfliouldlb*
So far from all my Joys and Thee ?
III.
The Sparrow chufes where to reft,
And for her Young provides her Neft :
But will my God to Sparrows grant
That Pleafure which his Children want ?
IV.
Bleft are the Saints who fit on high,
Around thy Throne of Ma jefty ;
Thy brighteft Glories fhine above,
And all their Work is Praife and Love,
v.
Bleft are the Souls that find a Place
Within the Temple of thy Grace ;
There they behold thy gentler Rays,
And feekthy Face, and learn thy Praife.
Bleft are the Men whofe Hearts are fet
To find the Way to Zions Gate ;
God is their Strength, and, thro' the Road,
They lean upon their Helper God.
VII.
Chearful they walk with growing Strength,
Till all fhall meet in Heaven at length :
Till all before thy Face appear,
And join in nobler Worfhip there.
Psalm LXXXIV. Second Part. Long Metre.
God and his Church; or, Grace and Glory.
I.
Great God attend, while Zion fings
The Joy that from thy Prefencefpring;}
To fpend one Day with Thee on Earth
Exc'eeds a thoufand Days of .Mirth.
II
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Psalm LXXXIV. 205
11.
Might I enjoy the meaneft Place
Within thine Houfe, O God of Grace,
Not Tents of Eafe, nor Thrones of Power
Should tempt my Feet to leave thy Door.
God is our Sua* he makes our Day;
God is our Shield, he guards our Way
From all th* Aflaults of Hell and Sin,
From Foes without, and Foes within.
IV.
All needful Grace will God beftow,
And crown that Grace with Glory tooj
He gives us all things, and withholds
No real Good from upright Souls-
v.
O God, our King, whofe fovereign Sway
The glorious Hofts of Heaven obey,
And Devils at thy Prefence flee,
Bleft is the Man that trufts in Thee.
Psalm LXXXIV. v, 1, 4, 2, 3, 10.
Paraphras'd in Common Metre.
Delight in Ordinances of H/brfhip ; or, God
pefent in his Churches.
h
My Soul, how lovely is the Place
To which thy God reforts !
Tis Heaven to fee his fmiling Face,
Tho' in his Earthly Courts.
II.
There the Great Monarch of the Skies
His faving Power difplays,
And Light breaks in upon our Eyes
With kind and quick'ning Rays.
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in.
204 Psalm LXXXIII.
hi.
With his rich Gifts the heavenly Dove
Defcends and fills the Place,
While Chrifi reveals his wond'rous Love,
And Iheds abroad his Grace.
IV.
.There, mighty God, thy Words declare
The Secrets of thy Will ;
And ftili we feek thy Mercy there,
And fing thy Praifes ft ill.
Pause.
v.
My Heart and Flefh cry out for Thee,
While far from thine Abode ;
When fhalll tread thy Courts, and fee
My Saviour and my God ?
VI.
The Sparrow builds herfelf a Neft*
And fuffers no Remove ;
O make me, like the Sparrows, bleft,
To dwell but where I love.
VII.
To fit one Day beneath thine Eye,
And hear thy gracious Voice,
Exceeds a whole Eternity
Employed in carnal Joys.
VIII.
Lord, at thy Threfliold I would wait,
While Jefus is within,
Rather than fill a Throne of State,
Or live in Tents of Sin.
IX.
Could I command the fpacious Land,
And the more bcmndlefs Sea,
For
Psalm LXXXIV. 205
For one bleft Hour at thy Right-hand
I'd give them both away.
Psalm LXXXIV. as the i48*A Pfalm.
Longing for the Houfe of God.
I.
Iord of the Worlds above,
j How pleafant and how fair
The Dwellings of thy Love,
Thy Earthly Temples are !
To thine Abode
My Heart afpires,
With warm Defires,
To fee my God.
II.
The Sparrow, for her Young,
Withpleafure feeks a Neft ;
And wand'ring Swallows long
To find their wonted Reft :
My Spirit faints,
With equal Zeal,
To rife and dwell
Among thy Saints.
O happy Souls that pray
Where God appoints to hear !
O happy Men that pay
Their conftant Service there !
They praife Thee (till ;
And happy they
That love the Way
To Zion's Hill.
IV.
They go from Strength to Strength,"
Thro* this dark Vale of Tears,
Till
~2o5- Psalm LXXX1V.
Til! each arrives at length,
Till each in Heaven appears :
0 glorious Seat,
When God our King
Shall thither bring
Our willing Feet !
Pause,
v.
To fpend one facred Day,
Where God and Saints abided
Affords Diviner Joy
Than Thoufand Days befide ;
Where God reforts>
1 love it more
To keep the Door
Than fhine in Courts.
VI.
God is our Sun and Shield,
Our Light and our Defence ;
With Gifts his Hands are filled,
We draw our Bleffings thence :
He (hall beftow
On jfoo^'sRace
Peculiar Grace
And Glory too.
VII.
The Lord his People loves j
His Hand no Good withholds
From thofe his Heart approves,
From pure and- pious Souls :
Thrice happy he,
O God of Hofts,
Whofe Spirit trufts
Alone in Thee.
Psalm
Psalm LUXy." "To^
Psalm LXXXV. v. i— 8. Firfi Part.
Waiting for an Anfwer to Prayer ; or, Deli*
verance began and compleated.
Lord, thou haft callM thy Grace to mind,
Thou haft revers'd our heavy Doom :
So God forgave when Ifrael finn'd,
And brought his wandring Captives home.
Thou haft begun to fet us free,
And made thy fierceft Wrath abate;
Now let cur Hearts be turnM to Thee,
And thy Salvation be compleat.
HI,
Revive our dying Graces, Lord,
And let thy Saints in Thee rejoice;
Make known thy Truth, fulfill thy Word,
We wait for Praife to tune our Voice.
IV.
We wait to hear what God will fay ;
He'll fpeak, and give his People Peace :
But let them run no more aftray,
Left his returning Wrath increafe.
Psalm LXXXV. v. 9, &c. Second Part.
Salvation by Chrift.
C a l v a t 1 o n is for ever nigh
The Souls that fear and truft the Lord j
And Grace, defcending from on high,
Frefh Hopes of Glory fhall afford.
II.
Mercy and Truth on Earth are met,
SmceG6r//?;theLordcamedownfromHeaven;
By
20% Psalm LXXXVL
By his Obedience, focompleat,
Tuftice is pleas'd, and Peace is given,
ill.
Now Truth and Honour fhall abound,
Religion dwell on Earth again,
And heavenly Influence blefs the Ground
In our Redeemer's gentle Reign.
His Righteoufnefs is gone before
To give us free Accefs to God ;
Our wand'ring Feet fhall ftray no more,
But mark his Steps, and keep the Road.
Iffome Readers Jhould fuppofe the Englifli Verfe here to miftake
the Hebrew Senfe, yet perhaps tJxfe evangelical Allujions, to the
Words of the Jewifh Pfaltnift, may be as agreeable and ufeful te
the Chriftian JVorfripper.
Psalm LXXXVL v. 8—13.
A General Song of Praife to God.
Among the Princes, earthly Gods,
There's none hath Power divine j
Nor is their Nature, mighty Lord,
Nor are their Works like thine.
IL
The Nations, thou haft made, fhall bring
Their Offerings round thy Throne;
For thou alone doft wond'rous Things,
For thou art God alone,
in.
Lord, I would walk with holy Feet ;
Teach me thine heavenly Ways,
And my poor fcatter'd Thoughts unite
In God my Father's Praife*
IV.
Great is thy Mercy, and my Tongue,
Shall thofe fweet Wonders tell,
How
Psalm LXXXVIL 209
How by thy Grace my finking Soul
Rofe from the Deeps of Hell.
Psalm LXXXVIL
The Church the Birth-place of the Saints ; or,
Jews and Gentiles united in the Chrijiian
Church.
I.
C"t o d in his earthly Temple lays
I Foundations for his heavenly Praife :
He likes the Tents of Jacob well,
But ftill in Zion loves to dwell.
II.
His Mercy vifits every Houfe
That pay their Night and Morning- Vows ;
But makes a more delightful Stay
Where Churches meet to praife and pray,
ill.
What Glories were defcrit/d of old ?
What Wonders are of Zion old ?
Thou City of our God below,
Thy Fame fhall Tyre and Egypt know.
IV.
Egypt and Tyre, and Greek and Jew,
Shall there begin their Lives anew :
Angels and Men fhall join to fing
The Hill where living Waters fpring.
When God makes up his laft Account
Of Natives in his holy Mount,
'Twill be an Honour to appear
As one new-born or nourifli'd there !
J have explain' d the fecond Verje at large y and tranjpojedthe
laft. For Singers and Players on Inftruments, / have introduced^
Angels with Men.
z Psalm
IF5T~WaI^^ j.
Psalm LXXXIX. Firft Part. Long Met
*The Covenant made with Chrift ; or, The
true David.
I.
For ever (hall my Song record
The Truth and Mercy of the Lord j
Mercy and Truth for ever ftand
Like Heaven eftablifh'd by his Hand.
II.
Thus to his Son he fware, and faid,
cc With thee my Covenant firft is made j
cc In thee (hall dying Sinners live,
J Glory and Grace are thine to give.
HI.
c Be thou my Prophet, thou my Prieft ;
Thy Children (hall be ever bleft :
Thou arc my chofen King ; thy Throne
Shall ftand Eternal like my own.
IV.
cc There's none of all my Sons above
c So much my Image or my Love ;
Celeftral Powers thy Subjefts are?
Then what can Earth to Thee compare?
v.
David, my Servant, whom I chofe
To guard my Flock, to crufli my Foes,
And rais'd him to the Jewifb Throne,
Was but a Shadow of my Son."
VI.
Now let the Church rejoice and fing
Jefus her Saviour and her King ;
Angels his heavenly Wonders fhow,
And Saints declare his Works below.
Psalm
Psalm LXXXIX. 21 r
iPsALM LXXXIX. Firfi Pan. Com, Metre*
The Faithfulnefs of God,
I.
My never-ceafing Songs (hall (how
The Mercies of the Lordt
And make fucceeding Ages know,
How faithful is his Word.
II.
.The facred Truths his Lips pronou nee
Shall firm as Heaven endure ;
And if he fpeak a Promife once,
Th* Eternal Grace is fure.
ill.
How long the Race of David held
The promisM Jewifb Throne !
|But there's a nobler Covenant feal'd
To David's greater Son.
IV.
\ His Seed for ever (hall poflefs
A Throne above the Skies ,-
The meaneft Subjeft of his Grac
Shall to that Glory rife,
v.
Lord God of Hofts, thy wondrous Ways
Are fung by Saints above ;
And Saints on Earth their Honours raid
To thy unchanging Love.
Psalm LXXXIX. 7, &c. Second Pari-
The Power and Majefty of God ; or, Re-
verential JVorJbip.
I.
Wi*h Reverence let the Saints appear,
And bow before the Lord,
_ L Hk.
2i2 'Psalm LXXX1X.
a
His high Commands with Reverence hear,
And tremble at his Word.
II.
How terrible thy Glories be !
How bright thine Armies fhine !
Where is the Power that vies with thee ?
Or Truth compared to thine ?
III.
The Northern Pole and Southern, reft
On thy fupporring Hand ;
Darknefs and Day from Eafi to Weft
Move round at thy Command.
IV.
Thy Words the raging Wind controul,
And rule the boifterous Deep >
Thou mak'ft the fleeping Billows roll,
The rolling Billows fleep.
Heaven, Earth, and Air, and Sea are thine,
And the dark World of Hell ;
How did thine Arm in Vengeance fhine
When Egypt durft rebell !
VI.
Juftice and Judgment are thy Throne,
Yet wondrous is thy Grace :
While Truth and Mercy joinM in one
Invite us near thy Face.
I have here tranfpcfed the Verfes a little, to male the Connexion
plainer.
Psalm LXXXIX. i j , &c. 'Third Part.
A Blejfed Go/pel.
I.
Blest are the Souls that hear and know
The Gofpel's Joyful Sound ;
1 Peace
Psalm LXXXIX. 215
Peace fhall attend the Path they go,
And Light their Sreps furround.
II.
I Their Joy fhall bear their Spirits up
T1W their Redeemer's Name ;
His Righteoufnefs exalts their Hope,
Nor Satan dares condemn.
III.
The Lord our Glory and Defence
Strength and Salvation gives :
lfrael, thy King for ever reigns,
Thy God for ever lives.
Psalm LXXXIX- ip, &c. Fourth Part
Chrifi's Mediatorial Kingdom ; or, his Divine
and Human Nature.
I.
Hear what the Lord in Vifion faid,
And made his Mercy known :
Sinners behold your Help is laid
On my Almighty Son.
Behold the Man my Wifdom chofe
Among your mortal Race;
His Head my holy Oil overflows,
The Spirit of my Grace.
III.
High fhall he reign on David's Throne,
My People's better King ?
My Arm (hall beat his Rivals down,
And ftill new Subjefts bring.
My Truth fhall guard him in his Way
With Mercy by his Side,
L 2 While
214 Psalm LXXXIX.
While in my Name thro* Earth and Sea
He fhall in Triumph ride,
v.
Me for his Father and his God
He fhall for ever own,
Call me his Rock, his high Abode :
And Fll fupport my Son.
VI.
My Firft-born Son array'd in Grace
At my Right-hand fhall fit ;
Beneath him Angels know their Place,
And Monarchs at his Feet.
VII.
My Covenant ftands for ever faft,
My Promises are ftrong ;
Firm as the Heavens his Throae HiaU laft,
His Seed endure as long.
P s a l m LXXXIX. 30, &c Fifth Part.
The Covenant of Grace unchangeable j or,
dfflittions without Rejection.
I.
Ye r (faith the Lord) if David's Race,
The Children of my Son,
Should break my Laws, abufe my Grace,
And tempt mine Anger down :
II.
Their Sins I'll vifit with the Rod*
And make their Folly fmart ;
But I'll not ceafe to be their God,
Nor from my Truth depart.
III.
My Covenant I will ne'er revoke,
But keep my Grace in mind:
And
Psalm LXXXIX. ail
""Xnd what Eternal Love hath fpoke,
Eternal Truth fhall bind.
IV.
Once have I fworn, CI need no more)
And pledg'd my Holinefs
To feal thefacred Promife fure
To David and his Race*
v.
The Sun (ball fee his Off-fpring rife ]
And fpread from Sea to Sea,
Long as he travels round the Skies
To give the Nations Day.
VI.
Sure as the Moon that rules the Night
His Kingdom fhall endure,
Till the fix'd Laws of Shade and Light
Shall be obferv'd no more.
Psalm LXXXIX. 47, &c. Sixth Part.
Long Metre*
Mortality and Hope,
A Funeral Psalm,
I.
Remember, Lord our mortal State,
How frail our Life ! how fhort the Date !
Where is the Man that draws his Breath
Safe from Difeafe, fecure from Death?
II.
Lord, while we fee whole Nations die,
Our Flefh and Senfe repine and cry,
Mull Death for ever rage and reign ?
Or haft thou made Mankind in vain ?
III.
Where is thy Promife to the Juft ?
Are not thy Servants turn'd to Duft ?
<■ L 3 Bat
2i6 Psalm LXXXIX._
But Faith forbids thefe mournful Sighs,
And fees the fleeping Duft arife.
IV.
. That glorious Hour, that dreadful Day
I Wipes the Reproach of Saints away,
i And clears the Honour of thy Word :
\ Awake our Souls, and blefs the Lord.
Psalm LXXXIX. 47, &c. Laft Part, as
the uph Pfalm.
Lifey Death and the RefurreEiion.
'TPeink, mighty God, on feeble Man •
A How few hisHours! how Ihort hisSpani
Short from the Cradle to the Grave :
Who canfecure his vital Breath
Againft the bold Demands of Death
With Skill to fly, or Power tofave?
II.
Lord, {hall it be for ever faid,
" The Race of Man was only made
u For Sicknefs, Sorrow and the Duft?
Are not thy Servants day by day
Sent to their Graves, and turn ci to Clay ?
Lord, where's thy Kindnefs to the Juft ?
ill.
Haft thou not promised to thy Son
And all his Seed a heavenly Crown ?
But.Flefh and Senfe indulge Defpair ;
For ever blefled be the Lord,
That Faith can read his holy Word,
And find a Refurre&ion there.
IV.
For ever~bleffed be the Lord,
I Who gives his Saints a long Reward ?
For all their Toil, Reproach ana Pain ; Let
Psalm XC. 217
Let all below and all above
Join to proclaim thy wondrous Love,
And each repeat their loud A*nen.
Psalm XC. Long Metre.
Man Mortal^ and God Eternal.
A mournful Song at a Funeral.
L
Thro' every Age, Eternal God,
Thou arc our Reft, our fafe Abode ;
High was thyThrone e'erHeaven was made,
. Or Earth thy humble Footftool laid.
II.
Long hadft thou reign fd e'er Time began,
; Or Duft was fafhion'd to a Man ;
- And long thy Kingdom fhall endure
; When Earth and Time fhall be no more.
! 1IL
.But Man, weak Man is born to die,
Made up of Guilt and Vanity :
Thy dreadful Sentence, Lord, was juft,
Return, ye Sinners, to your Dufi.
IV.
[A Thoufand of our Years amount
Scarce to a Day in thine Account ;
Like Yefterday's departed Light,
Or the lad Watch of ending Night.
Pause.
v.
Death like an overflowing Stream
Sweeps us away f our Life's a Dream ;
An empty Tale ; a Morning-flow'r
Cut down and wither'd in an Hour.]
* L4 YI-
2i 8 Psalm XCV
— • VI.
[Oar Age to Seventy Years is fet •
How fhort the Term ! how frail the State !
And if to Eighty we arrive,
We rather figh and groan than live.
VII.
But O how oft thy Wrath appears,
And cuts off our expelled Years I
Thy Wrath awakes our humble Dread ;
We fear the Power that ftrikes us dead.]
VIII.
Teach us, O Lord, how frail is Man i (
And kindly lengthen out our Span,
Till a wife Care of Piety
Fit us to die, and dwell with thee.
Psalm XCi~>. Firfi Part. Com. Met,
Man Frail) and God Eternal.
Ou r God, our Help in Ages paft,
Our Hope for Years to come,
Our Shelter from the ftormy Blaftj
And our eternal Home,
II.
Under the Shadow of thy Throne
Thy Saints have dwelt fecure j
Sufficient is thine Arm alone*
And our Defence is fure.
in.
Before the Hills in order flood,
Or Earth received her Frame,
From everlafting thou art God,
To endlefs Years the fame.
LThy Word commands our Flefhto Dufly
Return , ye Sons of Men :
All
Psalm XC. 219
All- Nations rofe from Earth at firft,
And turn to Earth again,
v.
A Thoufand Ages in thy fight
Are like an Evening gone ;
Short as the Watch. that ends the Night,
Before the riflngSun.
VI.
[The bufy Tribes of Flefh and Blood
With all their Lives and Cares
Are carry'd downwards by thy Flood,
And loft in following Years.
VII.
Time like an ever-rolling Stream
Bears all its Sons away ;
They fly forgotten, as a Dream
Dies at the opening Day.
VIII.
Like flo w'ry Fields the Nations ftand
Pleas'd with the Morning-light ;
The Flowers beneath the Mower's Hand
Lie withering e'er 'tis Night.]
IX.
Our God, our Help in Ages paft^
Our Hope for Years to come, .
Be thou our Guard while Troubles iaff.
And our eternal Home.
Psalm XC. Sy 11, p, io, 12. Second Part.
Common Metre.
Infirmities and Mortality the EffeB of Sin • ar,'
Life 9 Old Age and Preparation for Death.
I.
Lord, if thine Eyes furvey our Faults,
. And Juftice grow fevere,
L 5 Thy
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220 Psalm XC.
Thy dreadful Wrath exceeds ourThoughts^
And burns beyond our Fear.
II.
Thine Anger turns our Frame to Duft
By one Oflfence to thee
Adam with all his Sons have loft
Their Immortality,
in.
Life like a vain Amufement flies,
A Fabie or a Song ;
By fwifc degrees our Nature dies,
Nor can our Joys be long.
IV.
'Tis but a Few whofe Days amount
To Threefcore Years and Ten *
And all beyond that fhort Account
Is Sorrow, Toil and Pain,
v.
[Our Vitals with laborious Strife
Bear up the crazy Load,
And drag thofe poor Remains of Life
Along the tirefome Road.]
VI.
Almighty God, reveal thy Love,
And not thy Wrath alone ;
O let our fweet Experience prove
The Mercies of thy Throne.
VII.
Our Souls would learn the heavenly Arc
T'improve the Hours we have,
That we may aft the wifer Part,
And live beyond the Grave.
Phlm
FSALM XC SJ?}
Psalm XC. % 13, &c $d Part. Com. Met-
Breathing after Heaven.
L
Return, O God of Love, return ;
Earth is a tirefome Place :
How long fhall we thy Children mourn
Our Abfence from thy Face ?
II.
Let Heaven fucceed our painful Year%
Let Sin and Sorrow ceafe,
• And in proportion to our Tears
So make our Joys increafe.
III.
'Thy Wonders to thy Servants (how,
Make thy own Work complear,
Then fhall our Souls thy Glory know.
And own thy Love was great.
IV.
Then fhall wefhine before thy Throne
In all thy Beauty, Lord ;
: And the poor Service we have done
Meet a divine Reward.
} Psalm XC. v. 5, 10, 12. Short Metre,1
The Frailty and Skortnefs of Life*
I.
Lord, what a feeble Piece
Is this our mortal Frame ?
iOur Life how poor a Trifle 'tis,
That fcarce deferves the Name!
II.
Alas the brittle Clay
That built our Bodyfirft !
'And every Month and every Day
'Tis mouldring back to Duft*
222. Psalm XCL
hi.
Our Moments fly apace,
Nor will our Minutes ftay •
Juft like a Flood our hafty Days
Are fweeping us away,
iv. '
Well, if our Days muft fly,
We'll keep their End in fight,
JVe'jl fpend tfe?m all in Wifdom's Way,
And let them fpeed their Flight,
v.
They'll waft us fooner o'er
This Life's tempeftuous Sea ;
Soon we fhall reach the peaceful Shore
Of bleft Eternity.
Psalm XCI. 1—7. Fir ft Part.
Safety in puhlick Dtfeafes and Danger fl
He that hath made his Refuge God,
Shall find a moft fecure Abode 1
Shall walk all Day beneath his Shade,
And there at Night fhall reft his Head;
* II.
Then will I fay, " My God, thy Power
" Shalt be my Fortrefs and my Tower :
c< I that am formed of feeble Duft
<J Make thine Almighty Arm my Truft.
ill.
Thrice happy Man ! Thy Maker's Care
Shall keep thee from the Fowler's Snare,
Satan the Fowler who betrays
Unguarded Souls a thoufand ways.
IV.
Juft as a Hen protects her Brood
From Birds of Prey that feek their Blood
L Under
Psalm XCJ. 225-.
Under her Feathers, fo the Lord
Makes his own Arm his People's Guard,
v.
If burning Beams of Noon confpire
To dart a peftilential Fire,
God is their Life ; his Wings are fpread
To fhietd them with an healthful Shade.
VI.
If Vapours with malignant Breath
Rife thick, and fcatter Midnight-death*
Ifrael is fafe : The poifonM Air
Grows pure, if IfraeVs God be there.
Pause,
vh.
What tho* a Thoufand at thy Side,
At thy Right-hand Ten Thoufand dy'd,
Thy God his chofen People faves
Amongft the Dead, amidft^the Graves.
VIII.
So when he fent his Angel down
To make his Wrath in Egypt known,
And flew their Sons, his careful Eye
Pafs'd all the Doors of Jacob by*
IX. *
But if the Fire, or Plague, or Sword
Receive Commiffion from the Lord
To ftrike his Saints among the reft,
Their very Pains and Deaths are bleft.
x.
The Sword, the Peftilence or Fire
Shall but fulfill their beft Defire ;
From Sins and Sorrows fet them free,
And bring thy Children, Lord, to thee.
See (be Notetw the $ift ?jalms
Fs A L M
Z24- Psalm XCI,
Psaim XCL 9— 1 6. Second Part.
Pretention f rem Death, Guard of Angels, Vic-
tory and Deliverance.
I.
Ye Sons of Men, a feeble Race,
Exposed to every Snare,
Con^make the Lord your Dwelling-place*
And try, and truft his Care.
II
No 111 fhall enter where you dwell ;
Or if the Plague come nigh,
And fweep the Wicked down to Hell*
'Twill raife his Saints on high*
IIL
He'll give his Angels Charge to keep *
Your Feet in all their Ways ;
To watch your Pillow while you fleep,
And guard your happy Days,
Their Hands fhall bear you, left you fall
And dafh againft the Stones :
Are they not Servants at his Call*
And fent t* attend his Sons ?
v.
Adders and Lions ye fhall tread ;
The Tempter's Wiles defeat ;
He that hath broke the Serpent's Head
Puts him beneath your Feet.
VI.
" Becaufe on me they fet their Love*
<c I'll fave them (faith the Lord)
" I'll bear their joyful Souls above
" Deftruftion and the Sword,
V1L
Psalm XCIL 225
VII.
?c My Grace (hall anfwer when they call j
" In Trouble Til be nigh:
" My Pow'r lhall help them when they fall,
" And raife them when they die.
vni.
cc Thofe that on Earth my Name have known,
" I'll honour them in Heaven ;
cc There my Salvation flbaii be (hown,
" And endlefs Life be given.
Psalm XCIL Fir ft Paru
A PJ ralm for the Lcrd's-Day.
C w e e t is the Work, my God, my King>
TopraifethyName?giv;e Thinks and fingj .
To (hew thy Love by Morning-tight,
And talk of aH thy Truth at Night,
II
Sweet is the Day of facred Reft,
No mortal Cares (hall feize my Breaft ;
O may my Heart in Tune be found
Like David's Harp of folemn Sound !
III.
My Heart (hall triumph in my Lord,
And blefs his Works, and blefs his Word;
I Thy Works of Grace how bright they fhinei
' How deep thy Counfels! how divine ! /
IV.
Fools never raife their Thoughts fo high ;
Like Brutes they live, like Brutes they die ;
Like Grafs they flourifh> till thy Breach
Blaft them in everlaftine Death.
v*
But I (hall (hare a glorious Part
When Grace hath well refin'd my Heart,
And
2i 6 Psalm XCIL
And frefti Supplies of Joy are (hed
Like holy OH to chear my Head.
VI.
Sin £my worft Enemy before)
Shall vex my Eyes and Ears no more i
My inward Foes (hall all be flain,
Nor Satan break my Peace again.
VII.
Then (hall I fee, and hear, and know
All I defied orwifli'd below ;
And every Power find fweet Employ
In that Eternal World of Joy.
St. 6. Rejoycing in the Deftru&/on of our perfonal Enemies,
is notfo evangelical a Pratlice^ therefore J have given the ntbv^
§f this PJalm another Turn : See the Notes on the third Pfalm,
Psalm XCIL v. 12, &c. Second Paru
The Church is the Garden of God*
I.
Lord, 'tis a pleafant Thing to ftand
In Gardens planted by thine Hand ;
Let me within thy Courts be feen
Like a young Cedar frefli and green..
There grow thy Saints in Faith and Love,
Bleft with thine Influence from above u
Not Lebanon with all its Trees
Yields fuch a comely Sight as thefe..
III.
The Plants of Grace fhall ever live;
(Nature decays, but Grace muft thrive)
Time, that doth all Things elfe impair,
Still makes them flourifh flrong and fair.
IV.
Laden with Fruits of Age they fhew
The Lord is holy, juft and true i
None
Psalm XCIH 237
None that attend his Gates (hall find
A God unfaithful or unkind.
Psalm XCIII. Fir ft Metre, as the ioo Pfah
The Eternal and Sovereign God.
I.
Jehovah reigns : He dwelte in Lights
Girded with Majefty and Might i
The World created by his Hands
Still on its firft Foundation ftands*
ll.
But e'er this fpacious World was made*
Or had its firft Foundations laid,
Thy Throne eternal Ages flood*
Thyfelf the ever-living God.
hi.
Like Floods the angry Nations rife,'
And aim their Rage againft the Skies ;
Vain Floods, that aim their Rage £o high £
At thy Rebuke the Billows die.
IV.
For ever fhall thy Throne endure ;
Thy Promife ftands for ever fure ;
And everlafting Holinefs
Becomes the Dwellings of thy Grace.
Psalm XCIII. The Second Metre , as-
the Old 50th Pfalm.
I.
*~p HE Lord of Glory reigns 3 he reigns on high 5
His Robes of State are Strength and Majefty s
This wide Creatioa rofe at his Command,
Built by his Word, and ftablim'd by his Hand :
Long flood his Throne e'er he began Creation,
And his own Godhead is the firm Foundation.
II.
God isth* eternal King : Thy Foes in vain
Raifetheij Rebellions to confound thy Reign:
22 S Psalm XCIII.
In vain the Storms, in vain the Floods arife,
And roar, and tofs their Waves againft the Skies ;
Foaming at Heaven they rage with wild Commotion-,
But Heaven's high Arches fcorn the fwelling Ocean*
III.
Ye Tempefts rage no more ; ye Floods be ftill,
And the mad World fubmifiive to his Will :
Built on his Truth, his Church muft ever ftand \
Firm a re his Promifes, and ftrong his Hand :
See his own Sons, when they appear before him,
Bow at his Foot-itool, and with Fear adore him*
Psalm XCIII. Third Metre, as tU
old 12 id PJ aim.
I.
Th e Lord Jehovah reigns,
And Royal State maintains,
His Head with awful Glories crownM ;
Arrayed in Robes of Light,
Begirt with fovereign Might,
And Rays of Majefty around*
Upheld by thy Commands
The World fecurely ftands ;
And Skies and Stars obey thy Word s
Thy Throne was fix*d on high
Before the ftarry Sky ;
Eternal is thy Kingdom, Lord,
ill.
In vain the noify Croud*
Like Billows fierce and loud,
Againft thine Empire rage and roar }
In vain with angry Spite
The furly Nations fight,
And daih like Waves againft the Shore.
IV.
Psalm XCIV. 229
IV.
Let Floods and Nations rage,
And all their Powers engage,
Let fwelling Tides affault the Sky,
The Terrors of thy Frown
Shall beat their Madnefs down ;
Thy Throne for ever ftands on high.1
v.
Thy Promifes are true,
Thy Grace is ever new ;
There fix'd thy Church fhall ne'er remove:
Thy Saints with holy Fear
Shall in thy Courts appear,
And fing thine everlafting Love.
Here let the fourth Stanza be repeated to fulfill the Tunu
Psalm XCIV. u 2, 7— 14. Firfl Part.
Saints chaflifed, and Sinners defiroyed;
or, Inftrutiive Afflictions.
I.
OGod to whom Revenge belongs,
Proclaim thy Wrath aloud ;
Let fovereign Power redrefs our VVrongs>
Let Juftice fmite the Proud.
II.
They fay, " The Lord nor fees nor hears ;
When will the Fools be wife ?
Can he be deaf who formed their Ears ?
Or blind, who made their Eyes ?
III.
He knows their impious Thoughts are vain^
And they fhall feel his Power ;
His Wrath (hall pierce their Souls with Pain
In fome furprizing Hour.
:w Fsalm xciv:
IV.
But if thy Saints deferve Rebuke,
Thou haft a gentler Rod ;
kThy Providences and thy Book
Shall make them know their God
v.
Bleft is the Man thy Hands chaftife,
And to his Duty draw ;
Thy Scourges make thy Children wife
When they forget thy Law.
VI.
But God will ne*er caft off his Saints,
Nor his own Promife break ?
He pardons his Inheritance
For their Redeemer's Sake.
Psalm XCIV. 16—23. Second Part.
God our Support and Comfort ; or, Deliverance
from Temptation and Perfecution.
Wh o will arife and plead my Right
Againft my numerous Foes,
While Earth and Hell their Force unite,
And all my Hopes oppofe ?
Had not the Lord, my Rock, my Help
Suftain'd my fainting Head,
My Life had now in filence dwelt*
My Soul amongft the Dead.
ill.
'Alas ! my fliding Feet ! I cry'd*
Thy Promife was my Prop ;
Thy Grace ftood conftant by my Side^
Thy Spirit bore me up.
TSALM XCV. 231
While Multitudes of mournful Thoughts
Within my Bofom roll,
Thy boundlefs Love forgives my Faults,
Thy Comforts chear my Soul.
v.
Powers of Iniquity may rife,
And frame pernicious Laws ;
But God, my Refuge, rules the Skies,
He will defend my Caufe.
VI.
Let Malice vent her Rage aloud,
Let bold Blafphemers feoff ;
The Lord our God (hall judge the Proud,
And cut the Sinners off.
Psalm XCV. Common Metre;
A Pfalm before Prayer.
1
O 1 n G to the Lord Jehovah's Name,
^ And in his Strength rejoice ;
When his Salvation is our Theme,
Exalted be our Voice.
11.
With Thanks approach his awful Sight,
And Pfalms of Honour fing ;
The Lord's a God of boundlefs Might,
The whole Creation's King.
III. B
Let Princes hear, let Angels know,
How mean their Natures feem,
Thofe Gods on high and Gods below,
When once compared with him.
17.
2fz Psalm XCV.
IV.
Earth with its Caverns dark and deep
Lies in his fpacious Hand ;
He fixM the Seas what Bounds to keep,
And where the Hills muft ftand.
v.
Come, and with humble Souls adore,
Come, kneel before his Face >
O may the Creatures of his Power
Be Children of his Grace I
VI.
Now is the Time : He bends his Ear,
And waits for your Requeft ;
Come, left he rouzehis Wrath, and fwear,
" Ye {hall not fee my Reft.
Stan. 3. Angels and Magiftrates are thofe C3%*"J7^ Elohim
§r Gods, above* which the true God isfo often exalted, in this
Book c/P falms.
Psalm XCV. Short Metre.
A Pfalm before Sermon.
I.
Come found his Praife abroad,
And Hymns of Giory fing;
Jehovah is the fovereign God,
The univerfalKing.
II.
He form'd the Deeps unknown ;
He gave the Seas their Bound ;
The watry Worlds are all his own,
And all the folid Ground.
HI.
Come, worfhip at his Throne,
Come, bow before the Lord:
We are his Works, and not our own ;
He form 'd us by his Word.
IV.
Psalm XCV. 2^
To-day attend his Voice,
Nor dare provoke his Rod ;
Come, like the People of his Choice,
And own your gracious God.
But if your Ears refufe
The Language of his Grace,
And Hearts grow hard like ftubborn Jews,
That unbelieving Race,
VI.
The Lord in Vengeance drefl:
Will lift his Hand and fwear,
" You that deffife my promts' d Reft,
u Shall have ho Portion there.
■
Psalm XCV. .1,2, 5, (5—-u. Long Met*
Canaan loft thro* Unbelief ; or, a Warn-
ing to delaying Sinners.
I.
Co m e, let our Voices join to raife
A facred Song of folemn Praife ;
'God is a fovereign King : rehearfe
His Honours in exalced Verfe.
II.
Come, let ourSouls addrefs the Lord,
Who fram'd our Natures with his Word ;
:He is our Shepherd ; we the Sheep
His Mercy chofe, his Paftureskeep.
III.
Come, let us hear his Voice to-day,
The Counfels of his Love ©bey ;
Nor let our hardned Hearts renew
The Sins and Plagues that Jfrael knew.
17.
*I4~ Psalm XCVI.
IV.
Jfrael, that faw his Works of Grace;
Yet tempt their Maker to his face j
A faithlefs unbelieving Brood,
tThat tir'd the Patience of their God.
v.
Thus faith the Lord, " Howfalfe they prove!
u Forget my Power , abufe my Love ;
cc Since they defpife my Reft, I/wear^
lc Their Feet [hall never enter there.
VI.
[Look back, my Soul, with holy Dread*
And view thofe antient Rebels dead J
Attend the offered Grace to-day,
Nor lofe the Bleffing by delay.
VII.
Seize the kind Promife while it wlits,'
And march to Zion's heavenly Gates ;
Believe, and take the promised Reft :
Obey, and be for ever bleft.
In the 3<f and $th Chap, to the Hebrews fever al Verfel eftbit
Pfalm are cited, and given for a Caution to Chriftians; / havf
aj)plyyd them the fame Way in the two laft Stanza?**
Psalm XCVI. i, 10, &c. Com. Metre.
Chrift's firft and fecond Coming.
CiNGto the Lord, ye diftant Lands/
^ Ye Tribes of every Tongue ;
His newdifcover'd Grace demands
A new and nobler Song.
Say to the Nations, Jefus reigns,
God's own Almighty Son;
His Power the finking World fuftains,
And Grace furf ounds his Throne.
III.
Psalm XCVL ate
in.
Let Heaven proclaim the joyful Day,
Joy thro* the Earth be feen ;
Lee Cities fhine in bright Array,
And Fields in chearful Green,
IV.
Let an unufual Joy furprize
The Iflands of the Sea :
Ye Mountains fink, ye Valleys rife,
Prepare the Lord his Way.
Behold he comes, he comes to blefs
The Nations as their God ;
To fhew the World his Righteoufnefs,
And fend his Truth abroad.
VI.
But when his Voice (hall raife theDead,
And bid the World draw near,
How will the guilty Nations dread
To fee their Judge appear ?
In this, and the two following Pfalms, the firft coming of
Chrift into the World, is represented in a Prophetic Style, as tho*
he were coming the fecond Time to the laft Judgment : But that
Chrift's Incarnation, hisfettingup his Gofpel- Kingdom to judge
or rule the Gentiles, and the Judgment and Deftruftion of ths
Heathen Idols, is the true Defign ofthefe three Pjalms, is evident
from federal ExpreJJions in them j and particularly becaufe the
Earthy the Fields, the Sea, &c. are call'd to rejoice j whereas
the final Judgment of the World is represented dreadful to all
Nature, and to the Nations of the Earth. See Rev. 17. and
Rev. 20. 11. and 2 Pet. 3. 7, 10. Tet Jince this laft Coming
has fomething in it parallel to his firft, / have in the different
Parts of the P$alms referred to both,
Stanz. 4. Mountains finking, and Valleys rifing, i.e. Pride
humbled, and the Humble raifed, are the Preparations of Chrift's
Kingdom. Luke 3. 4, 5*
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23$ Psalm XCVI.
Psalm XCVI, as the 1 1 yh Pfalm.
The God of the Gentiles.
^ "l.
| e t all the Earth their Voices raife
Xj To fing the choiceft Pfalm of Praife,
To fing and blefs Jehovah3 s Name :
His Glory let the Heathens know,
His Wonders to the Nations (how,
And all his faving Works proclaim.
II.
f^he Heathens know thy Glory, Lord j
heswondnng Nations read thy Word,
In 'Britain is Jehovah known :
Our Worftiip fhall no more be paid
To Gods which mortal Hands have made ;
Our Maker is our God alone.
III.
e framed the Globe, he built the Sky,
e made the (Lining Worlds on high ,•
And reigns compleat in Glory there :
is Beams are Majefty and Light;
is Beauties how divinely bright !
His Temple how divinely fair!
IV.
Come the great Day, the glorious Hour,
When Earth (hall feel his faving Power,
And barbarous Nations fear his Name i
Then (hall the Race of Man confefs
The Beauty of his Holinefs,
And in his Courts his Grace proclaim*
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PfAXM XCVIT, „2Ji
Psalm XCVII. j— $. Ftrfi Part
Cbrifi reigning in Heaven , and coming to judg-
ment.
I.
He reigns; the Lord,the Saviour reigns j
Praife him in evangelick Strains :
Let the whole Earth in Songs rejoice,
And diftanc Iflands join their Voice.
H.
Deep are his Counfels and unknown ;
But Grace and Truth fupport his Throne^*
Tho* gloomy Clouds his Ways furround,
Tuftice is their eternal Ground.
J ill.
In Robes of Judgment, lo ! he comes.
Shakes the wide Earthy and cleaves the Tombs ;
Before him burns devouring Fire,
The Mountains melt, the Seas retire,
IV.
His Enemies with fore Difmay
Fly from the Sight and (hun the Day ;
Then lift your Heads, ye Saints, on high,
And fing, tor your Redemption's nigh.
Tbo* the Kingdom of Chrift in the two ^r/? Stanzas be Matter
of Joy to all Nations , yet bis coming to Judgment in the two lajt,
;s Joy only to the Saints : As this Pfalm introduces Zion and
Judah rejoicing , v. 8. fo Chrift bids bis Affiles lift up thdr
Heads, &7V. Luke2i.28.
Psalm XCVII. 6—9 . Second Part.
Chrift* s Incarnation.
j I.
'H ~^he Lord is come, the Heav'ns proclaim
I JL His Birth,* the Nations learn his Name :
An unknown Star diredts the Road
Of Eaftern Sages to their God.
M » ■ It
23»^ Psalm XCVIL
ii.
All ye bright Armies of the Skies,
Go, worlhip where the Saviour lies :
Angels and Kings before him bow,
Thofe Gods on high and Gods below.
5 III.
Let Idols totter to the Ground,
And their own Worftiippers confound : *
But Judah fhout, but Zion fing,
And Earth confefs her fpvereign King. *
This Pfalmforetels the Incarnation of Chrifr. For the Words
<>£*&? jth Verfe, worihip him all ye Gods, are tranjlated Heb.
3. \t Let all the Angels of God worfliip him. By this divine
Hint I was direcled to ccmpofe this Hymn, and to introduce the
Star that Jhone at his Birth, as a Part of the Proclamation of him
in the Heavens, v. 6. See more, Notes on Pf. 95. Com. Met.
Psalm XC VII. Third Pan.
Grace and Glory.
I.
Tn Almighty reigns exalted high
O'er all the Earth, o'er all the Sky ;
Tho* Clouds and Darknefs vail his Feet,
His Dwelling is the Mercy-feat.
II.
O ye that love his holy Name,
Hate every Work of Sin and Shame :
He guards the Soul of all his Friends,
And from the Snares of Hell defends.
III.
Immortal Light and Joys unknown
Are for the Saints in Darknefs fown ;
Thofe glorious Seeds fhall fpring and rife,
And the bright Harveft blefs our Eyes.
IV.
Rejoice, ye Righteous, and record
Xhe facred Honours of the JLord ;
None
Psalm XCVII. . 239
None but the Soul that feels his Grace
Can triumph in his Holinefs.
Psalm XCVII. 1, 3, 5—7, n. Com. Met,
Chrift's Incarnation and the laji Judgment.
I.
Ye Iflands of the Northern Sea
Rejoice, the Saviour reigns ;
His Word like Fire prepares his Way,
And Mountains melt to Plains.
11.
His Prefence finks the proudeft Hills,
And makes the Vallies rife ;
The humble Soul enjoys his Smiles,
The haughty Sinner dies.
The Heav'ns his rightful Power proclaim j
The Idol-Gods around
Fill their own Worlhippers with Shame,
And totter to the Ground.
IV.
Adoring Angels at his Birth
Make the Redeemer known ;
Thus (hall he come to judge the Earth,
And Angels guard his Throne.
v.
His Foes fhall tremble at his Sight,
And Hills and Seas retire:
His Children take their unknown Flight,
And leave the World in Fire.
VI- **
The Seeds of Joy and Glory fown"
For Saints in Darknefs here,
Shall rife and fpring in Worlds unknown,
And a rich Harveft bear.
See the Notes on Pfalm 96.
I ■ M 3 Psalm
240 Psalm XCVIII.
Psalm XCVIII. Fir ft P am
Praifefor the Go/pel
Tp o our Almighty^Maker God
A New Honours, be addreft ;
His great Salvation fhines abroad,
And makes the Nations bleft.
II.
He fpake the Word to Abraham firft,
His Truth fulfills the Grace :
The Gentiles make his Name their Truft,
And learn his Righteoufnefs.
III.
Let the whole Earth his Love proclaim
With all her different Tongues ;
Andfpread the Honours of his Name
In Melody and Songs.
In tbefe two Hymns ivhicb I have formed out of the $%tb P/alm>
J have fully exprejs'd what J efieem to be the firfi and chief Senje
tf the Holy Scriptures, both in this and the $6tb Pfalm, wboje
Conclujions are both alike.
Psalm XCVIII. Second Part.
"The Meffialw Coming and Kingdom.
Joy to the World ; the Lord is come ;
Let Earth receive her King ;
Let every Heart prepare him room,
And Heaven and Nature fing.
II.
Joy to the Earth, the Saviour reigns ;
Let Men their Songs employ ;
While lRSds and Floods, Rocks, Hills, and Plains
Repeat the founding Joy.
in.
No more let Sins and Sorrows grow,
Nor Thorns infeft the Ground:
He
Psalm XCIX. 241
He comes to make his Bleffings flow
Far as the Curfe is found.
IV.
He rules the World with Truth and Grace,
And makes the Nations prove
The Glories of his Righteoufnefs,
And Wonders of his Love.
Psalm XCIX. Ftrfi Part.
Chrift'i Kingdom and Majefty.
I.
HT h e God Jehovah reigns,
A Let all the Nations fear,
Let Sinners tremble at his Throne,
And Saints be humble there.
II.
Jefus the Saviour reigns*
Let Earth adore its Lord j
Bright Cherubs his Attendants ftatid,
Swift to fulfill his Word,
ill.
In Zion is his Throne,
His Honours are divine ;
His Church (hall make his Wonders known,
For there his Glories fliine.
IV.
How holy is his Name !
How terrible his Praife !
Juftice and Truth and Judgment join
In all his Works of Grace.
As the three foregoing Pfalms refer to the Incarnation ofChnft,
mnd the fating up his Kingdom among the Gentile^ *hecaufe the
Nations are required to rejoice in all of them 5 fc this Pfalm feems
chiefly to pay Honour and Reverence to Gcd, as the God of the
Jews, God dwelling in the Ark between the Cherubim 3 for the
People or Gentiles are bid to tremble : Vet I have ventured t*
tranfate the Scene a little down to Chriftiaa Times and Churches,
and I hope witbwt tffence,
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"242 ~tSALM XC1X.
Psalm XCIX. &ro»i Par*.
14 fco/y GW wovfhipped with Reverence.
Txalt the Lord our God,
And worfhip at his Feet ;
His Nature is all Holinefs,
And Mercy is his Seat.
II.
When Jfrael was his Church,
When Aaron was his Prieft,
When Mofes. cry'd, when Samuel pray'd,
He gave his People Reft,
ill.
Oft he forgave their Sins,
Nor would deftroy their Race ;
And oft he made his Vengeance known,
When they abus'd his Grace.
IV.
Exalt the Lord our God,
Whofe Grace is ftill the fame j
Still*he's a God of Holinefs,
And jealous for his Name.
Psalm C. Firft Metre, a plain 7ranflationi\
Praife to our Creator.
I.
Ye Nations round the Earth, rejoice
Before the Lord,your fovereign King:'
Serve him with chearful Heart and Voice, \
With all your Tongues his Glory fing.
The Lord is God : Tis he alone
Doth Life and Breath and Bei g give :
We are his Work, and not our own j
The Sheep that on his Paftures live.
Ill
Psalm
hi.
Enter his Gates with Songs of Joy,
With Praifes to his Courts repair ;
And make it your divine Employ
To pay your Thanks and Honours there.
IV.
The Lord is good,the Lord is kind -y
Great is his Grace, his Mercy fure ;
And the whole Race of Man (hall find
His Truth from Age to Age endure.
Psalm C. Second Metre, a Paraphrafe.
I.
Sing to the Lord with joyful Voice j
Let every Land his Name adore ;
The Briti/h Mes (hall fend the Noife
A-crofs the Ocean to the Shore.
II.
Nations, attend before his Throne
With folemn Fear, with facred Joy ;
Know that the Lord is God alone j
He can create, and he deftroy.
III.
His fovereign Power without our Aid
Made us of Clay, and form'd us Men :
And when like wand'ring Sheep we ftray'd,
He brought us to his Fold again.
iv. *
We are his People, we his Care,
Our Souls and all our mortal Frame :
What lafting Honours (hall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy Name?
v.
We'll croud thy Gates with thankful SongSj
High as the Heavens our Voices jraife^ ;
•'■ M y And
244 tSAhU CJ-
And Earth with her ten thoufand Tongues
Shall fill thy Courts with founding Praife.
VI.
Wide as the World is thy Command,
Vaft as Eternity thy Love,-
Firm as a Rock thy Truth mud ftand*
When rolling Years (hall ceafe to move*
Psalm CL Long Metre.
The Magiftrates Pfaltn.
I.
Mercy and Judgment are my Song m
And fince they both to Thee belong,.
My Gracious God, my righteous King,
To Thee my Songs and Vows I bring.
II.
If I am raisM to bear the Sword ,
I'll take my Counfels from thy Word ;
Thy Juftice and thy heavenly Grace
Shall be the Pattern of my Ways.
III.
Let Wifdom all my Adions guide,
And let my God with me refide ;
No wicked thing fhall dwell with ma>
Which may provoke thy Jealoufy.
IV.
No Sons of Slander, Rage and Strife
Shall be Companions of my Life >
The haughty Look, the Heart of Pride
Within my Doors iball ne'er abide.
v.
[I'll fearch the Land, and raife the Juft
To Pofts of Honour, Wealth and Truft : i
The Men that work thy holy Will,
Shall be my Friends and Favourites fttlL]
Psalm a, 3AS^
VI.
In vain ftiall Sinners hope to rife
By flattering or malicious Lyes;
And while the Innocent I guard,
The bold Offender fhan't be fpar'd.
VII.
The impious Crew (that fa&ious Band)
Shall hide their Heads, or quit the Land ;
And all that break the Publick Reft,
Where I have Power (hall be fuppreft.
The lji Stanza reprefents the Mercy and Judgment which the
Pfalmifty/«gJ, as the due Qualities of good Government , which is
the proper Scnfe of them in this Pfalm ; and according to the double
Cba racier of David in this Pfalm, I have apply* d the firfi Metre
to Magiftrates, the zd to Houfe- holders.
The $tb Stanza can be Jung only by the Superiour Rank of Ma*
giftrates, and not the Inferiour,
Psalm CI. Common Metre.
A Pfalm for a Mafier of a Family.
I.
Of Juftice and of Grace I fing,
And pay my God my Vows;
Thy Grace and Juftice, heavenly King,
Teach me to rule my Houfe.
II.
Now to my Tent, OGod, repair,
And make thy Servant wife ;
Til fuffer nothing near me there
That (hall offend thine Eyes.
HI.
The Man that doth his Neighbour wrong
By Falfhood or by Force ;
The^ fcornful Eye, the flanderous Tongue,
Til thruft them from my Doors.
IV.
I'll feek the Faithful and the Juft,
And will their Help enjoy ;
tM
?4£ ISALM C1L
Thefe are the Friends that I (hall truft,
The Servants Til employ,
v.
The Wretch, that deals in fly Deceit,
I'll not endure a Night;
tThe Lyar's Tongue I ever hate,
And banifh from my Sight.
VI.
I'll purge my Family around,
And make the Wicked flee ;
So fhall my Houfe be ever found
A Dwelling fit for Thee.
Psalm C1I. i — 13,20,21. Fir ft Part*
A Prayer of the AffliEled.
I.
Hear me, O God, nor hide thy Face,
But anfwerleft I die ;
Haft thou not built a Throne of Grace
To hear when Sinners cry ?
11.
My Days are wafted like the Smoke
Diffolving in the Air >
My Strength is dry'd, my Heart is broke,
And finking in Defpair.
III.
My Spirits flag like withering Grafs,
Burnt with exceffive Heat :
In fecret Groans my Minutes pafs,
And I forget to eat.
IV.
As on fome lonely Building's Top
The Sparrow tells her Moan,
Far from the Tents of Joy and Hope
I fit and grieve alone.
Psalm CIL 247
v.
My Soul is like a Wildernefs,
Where Beafts of Midnight howl $
There the fad Raven finds her Place,
And there the fcreaming Owl.
VI.
Dark difmal Thoughts and boding Fears
Dwell in my troubled Breaft ;
While (harp Reproaches wound my Ears,
Nor give my Spirit reft.
VII.
My Cup is mingled with my Woes,
And Tears are my Repaft *
My daily Bread like Afhes grows
Unpleafant to my Tafte.
VIII.
Senfe can afford no real Joy
To Souls that feel thy Frown :
Lord, 'twas thy Hand advanced me high,
Thy Hand hath caft me down.
IX.
My Looks like withered Leaves appear,
And Life's declining Light
Srows faint as Evening-Shadows are,
That vanifh into Night.
x.
3ut thou for ever art the fame,
O my Eternal God :
Ages to come (hall know thy Name,
And fpreadT thy Works abroad.
XI.
?Thou wilt arife and (hew thy Face,
Nor will my Lord delay
Jeyond th* appointed Hour of Grace,
That long expected Day.
XI*
24$ Psalm CIL
xii.
He hears his Saints, he knows their Cry,
And bymyfterious Ways
Redeems the Prifoners doom'd to die,
And fills their Tongues with Praife.
Psalm CIL 13 — 21. Second Part.
Prayer heard, and Zion reftored.
I.
Le t Zion and her Sons rejoice,
Behold the promised Hour :
Her God hath heard her mourning Voice,
And comes t 'exalt his Pbwer.
II.
Her Duft and Ruins that remain
Are precious in our Eyes ;
Thofe Ruins (hall be built again*
And all that Duft fliall rife,
in.
The Lord will raife Jerufalem,
And ftand in Glory there ;
Nations fhall bow before his Name,
And Kings attend with Fear.
IV.
He fits a Sovereign on his Throne,
With Pity in his Eyes ;
He hears the dying Prifoners groan,
And fees their Sighs arife.
v.
He frees the Souls condemned to Death,
And when his Saints complain,
It fhan't be faid, u that praying Breath
!! Was ever fpen* in vain*
VI;
Fsalm CIL 249
VI.
This (hall be known when we are dead,
And left on long Record,
That Ages yet unborn may read,
And truft, and praife the Lord.
Psalm CH. 23— 2&. Third Part.
Mans Mortality and Chrift's Eternity ; or.
Saints diey but Chrift and the Church live.
I.
T t is the Lord our Saviour's Hand
* Weakens our Strength amidft the Race;
Difeafe and Death at his Command
Arreft us, and cut fhort our Davs.
II.
Spare us, O Lord, aloud we pray,
Nor let our Son go down at Noon :
Thy Years are one eternal Day,
And muft thy Children die fo foon ?
III.
Yet in the midft of Death and Grief
This Thought our Sorrow (hall affuage^
41 Our Father and our Saviour lives
" Chrift is the fame thro' every Age.
IV.
*Twashe this Earth's Foundations laid ;
Heaven is the Building of his Hand :
This Earth grows Old, thefe Heavens (hall fade3
And all be chang'd at his Command.
The ftarry Curtains of the Sky
Like Garments (hall be laid afide j
But ftill thy Throne ftands firm and high ;
Thy Church for ever muft abide.
" ' VI.
250 Psalm OIL
VI.
Before thy Face thy Church (hall live,
And on thy Throne thy Children reign :
This dying World fhall they furvive,
And the. dead Saints berais'd again.
Several Verfes at the End of this Pfalm, are direclly expoun*
ded concerning Chrift, Heb* i. which inclined me to form a dif-
tincl Hymn on thefe Verfes, apply* d to the fame Subjecl.
IPsalm CIII. i — 7. ifl Part. Long. Met.
Blejjing God Joy his Goodnefs to Soul and
Body.
h
Bl ess, O my Soul, the Irving God,
Call Home thy Thoughts that rove abroad,
Let all the Powers within me join
In Work and Worfhip fo divine.
IL
Blefs, O my Soul, the God of Grace ;
His Favours claim thy higheft Praife ;
Why fhould the Wonders he hath wrought
Be loft in Silence and forgot ?
I1L
'Tis he, my Soul, that fent his Son
To die for Crimes which thou haft done j-
He owns the Ranfom -y and forgives
The hourly Follies of our Lives.
JV.
The Vices of the Mind he heals,
And cures the Pains that Nature feels ;
Redeems the Soul from Hell, and faves
Our wafting Life from threatning Graves.
v.
Our Youth decayed his Power repairs ;
His Mercy crowns our growing Years :
He
Psalm CHI. 251
He fatisfies our Mouth with Good,
And fills our Hopes with heavenly Food.
VI.
He fees th'Oppreffor and th'Oppreft,
And often gives the Sufferers Reft :
But will his Juftice more difplay
In the laft great rewarding Day.
VII.
[His Power he fliew'd by Mofes Hands,
And gave to lfrael his Commands ;
But fent his Truth and Mercy down
To all the Nations by his Son.
'VIII.
Let the whole Earth his Power eonfefs,
Let the whole Earth adore his Grace ,•
The Gentile with the jte^ fhall join
In Work and Worftfip fo divine,]
Psalm CHI. 8—18. Second Part. Long. Met,
God's Gentle Cbaftifement ; or, His Tender
Mercy to bis People..
The Lord, how wondrous are his Ways I
Howfirm his Truth ! how large his Grace !
He takes his Mercy for his Throne,
And thence he makes his Glories known*
IL
Not half fo high his Power hath fpread
The flarry Heavens above our Head,
As his rich Love exceeds our Praife,
Exceeds the higheft Hopes we raife.
III.
Not half fo far hath Nature plac'd
The rifing Morning from the Weft,
As his forgiving Grace removes
The daily Guilt of thofe he loves.
Psalm CHL
iv.
How flowly doth his Wrath arife !
On fwifter Wings Salvation flies :
And if he lets his Anger burn,
How foon his Frowns to Pity turn t
v.
Amidft his Wrath, Compaffion fhines;
His Strokes are lighter than our Sins :
And while his Rod correfts his Saints,
His Ear indulges their Complaints.
So Fathers their young Sons chaftife
With gentle Hand and melting Eyes t
The Children weep beneath the Smart*
And move the Pity of their Heart.
Pause,
vii.
The mighty God, the Wife and Juftf
Knows that our Frame is feeble Duft;
And will no heavy Loads impofe
Beyond the Strength that he beftows.
VIII.
He knows how foon our Nature dies,
Blafted by every Wind that flies;
Like Grafs we fpring, and die as foon:
Or Morning Flowers that fade at Noon.
D IX.
But his eternal Love is fure
To all the Saints, and fhall endure :
From Age to Age his Truth fhall reign,.
Nor Childrens Children hope in vain.
PSA L M
PSAL M CHI. 2SS
Psalm CHI. 1—7. Firft Part. Short Met.
Praifefor Spiritual and Temporal Mercies.
I.
OBIefs the Lord, my Soul;
Let all within me join,
And aid my Tongue to blefs his Name,
VVhofe Favours are divine*
II.
O blefs the Lord my Soul *
Nor let his Mercies lie
Forgotten in Unthankfulnefs*
And without Praifesdie*
ill.
'Tis he forgives thy Sins,
Tis he relieves thy Pain,
Tis he that heals thy Sickneffes,
And makes Thee young again.
IV.
He crowns thy Life with Love,
When ranfom'd from the Grave ; *
He that redeem'd my Soul from Hell,
Hach Sovereign Power to fave.
v.
He fills the Poor with Good ,•
He gives the Sufferers Reft ,•
The Lord hath Judgments for the Proud,
And Tuftice for th' Oppreft.
VI.
His wondrous Works and Ways
He made by Mofes known •
But fent the World his Truth and Grace,
By his beloved Son.
PS AL M
254 Psalm CIII.
Psalm CIIL 8—18. id Part. Short Met.
Abounding Companion of God ; or, Mercy in
the midfi of Judgment.
I.
My Soul, repeat his Praife,
Whofe Mercies are fo great ;
Whofe Anger is fo flow to rife,
So ready to abate.
11.
God will not always chide ;
And when his Strokes are felt,
His Strokes are fewer than our Crime,
And lighter than our Guilt.
ill.
High as the Heavens are rais'd,
Above the Ground we tread,
So far the Riches of his Grace
Our higheft Thoughts exceed.
IV.
His Power fubdues our Sins,
And his forgiving Love,
Far as the Baft is from the JVeft,
Doth all our Guilt remove.
• v.
The Pity of the Lord,
Tothofe that fear his Name,
Isfuch as tender Parents feel ;
He knows our feeble Frame.
VI.
He knows we are but Duft,
Scattered with every Breath ;
His Anger,' like a rifing Wind,
Can fend us fwift to Death.
VII,
Psalm OIL z^
VII.
Our Days are as the Grafs,
Or like the Morning-flower ,•
If one (Harp Blaft fvveep o'er the Field,
It withers in an Hour.
VIII.
But thy Companions, Lord,
To endlefs Years endure ;
And Childrens Children ever find
Thy Words of Promife fure.
Psalm CIII. 19 — 22. Third Part. ShortMct.
God's univerfal Dominion ; or, Angels praife
the Lord.'
I.
"P h e Lord, the Sovereign King,
Hath fix'd his Throne on high ;
O'er all the heavenly World he rules,
And all beneath the Sky.
II.
Ye Angels, great in might,
And fwift to do his Will,
Blefs ye the Lord, whofe Voice ye hear,
Whofe Pleafure ye fulfill.
HI.
Let the bright Hofts who wait
The Orders of their King,
And guard his Churches when they pray,
Join in the Praife they fing.
IV.
While all his wondrous Works
Thro' his vaft Kingdoms (hew
Their Maker's Glory, thou3 m V Soul,
Shalt ling his Graces too.
Psalm
2*6 Psalm CIV,
Psalm CIV.
T^he Glory of God in Creation and Providence.
I.
My Soul, thy Great Creator praife;
When cloth'd in his Celeftial Rays
He in full Majefty appears,
And, like a Robe, his Glory wears.
Note, This Pf aim may be fung to the Tune of the old ill $r
127 Pfalm, by adding tbefe two Lines to every Stanza, (vir.)
Great is the Lord ; What Tongue can frame
An eqtral Honour to his Name ?
Otber%uife~fi mufi be Jung as the 100 Pfa/m,
The Heavens are for his Curtains fpread,
jTh' unfathom'd Deep he rpakes his Bed :
Clouds are his Chariot, when he flies
On winded Storms a-crofs the Skies.
* ill.
Angels, whom his own Breath infpires,
His Minifters, are flaming Fires ;
And fwifc as Thought their Armies move,
[Yd bear his Vengeance or his Love.
IV.
The World's Foundations by his Hand
Are pois'd, and fhall for ever ftand ;
He binds the Ocean in his Chain,
Left it fhould drown the Earth again,
v.
When Earth was cover'd with the Flood,
Which high above the Mountains flood,
He thunder *d ; and the Ocean fled,
ConfinM to its appointed Bed.
VI.
The fvvelling Billows know their Bound,
And in their Channels walk their Round ;
Yet
Psalm CIV. 2*7
Yet thence convey 'd by fecret Veins,
They fpring on Hills,and drench the Plains.
J r VII.
He bids the Cryftal Fountains flow,
And cheer the Valleys as they go ;
Tame Heifersthere their Thirft allay.
And for the Stream wild Aflfes bray.
VIII.
From pleafantTrees, which fhade the Brink,
The Lark and Linnet light to drink ;
Their Songs the Lark and Linnet raife,
And chide our Silence in his Praife.
Pause I
IX.
2od, from his cloudy Ciftern, pours
^n the parch'd Earth enriching Show'rs:
lhe Grove, the Garden, and the Field
Athoufand joyful Bieflings yield,
x.
"He makes the grafly Food arife,
And gives the Cattle large Supplies ;
With Herbs for Man, of various Power,
To nourifh Nature, or to cure.
XI.
What noble Fruit the Vines produce !
The Olive yields a fhining Juice ^
OurHearts are chear d with generousWine,
With inward Toy our Faces fhine.
J ' XII.
O blefs his Name, ye Britons^ fed
With Nature's chief Supporter, Bread :
While Bread your vital Strength imparts,
Serve him with Vigour in your Hearts.
Pa use
2s3 Psalm CIV,
Pause II.
XIII.
Behold the (lately Cedar ftands
Raised in the Foreft by his Hands ;
Birds to the Boughs for Shelter fly,
And build their Nefts fecure on high.
xiv. B
To craggy Hills afcends the Goat ;
And at the airy Mountain's Foot
The feebler Creatures make their Cell ;
He gives them Wifdom where to dwell,
XV.
He fets the Sun his circling Race,
Appoints the Moon to change her Face ;
And when thick Darknefs vails the Day,
Calls out wild Beafts to hunt their Prey.
XVI.
Fierce Lions lead their young abroad,
And roaring ask their Meat from God;
But when the Morning- Beams arife,
The favage Bead to Covert flies.
XVII.
Then Man to daily Labour goes ,•
The Night was made for his Repofe :
Sleep is thy Gift ; thatfweet Relief
From tirefome Toil and wafting Grief.
XVIII.
How ftrange thy Works ! how great thy Skill!
And every Land thy Riches fill :
Thy Wifdom round the World we fee,
This fpacious Earth is full of Thee.
XIX.
Nor lefs thy Glories in the Deep,
Where Fifli in Millions fwim and creep,
2 With
fflfty.M CTV. _24*
With wondrous Motions, fwift or flow,
Sciil wandring in the Paths below.
XX.
There Ships divide their watry Way,
And Flocks of fcaly Monftcrs play ;
There dwells the huge Leviathan,
And foams and fports in fpite of Man.
Pause III.
XXI.
Vaft are thy Works, Almighty Lord
(All Nacure refts upon thy Word,
And the whole Race of Creatures (lands
Waiting their Portion from thy Hands.
XXII.
While each receives his different Food,
Their chearful Looks pronounce it good ;
Eagles and Bears, and Whales and Worms
Rejoice and praife in different Forms.
XXIII.
But when thy Face is hid they mourn,
And dying to their Duft return ;
Both Man and Beaft their Souls refign,
Life, Breath and Spirit all is thine.
XXIV.
Yet thou canft breathe on Duft again,
And fill the World with Beads and Men;
A Word of thy creating Breath
Repairs theWaftesof Time and Death.
XXV.
His Works, the Wonders of his Miglir,
Are honoured with his own Delight;
How awefull are his glorious Ways !
The Lord is dreadfull in his Praife.
N xxvi.
aso Psalm -dy. "~
XXVI.
The Earth ftands trembling at thy Stroke,
And at thy Touch the Mountains fmokei
Yet humble Souls may fee thy Face,
And tell their Wants to fovereign Grace*
XXVII.
In Thee my Hopes and Wifhes meet,
And make my Meditations fweet :
Thy Praifes lhall my Breath employ,
Till it expire in endlefs Toy.
XXVIIi.
While haughty Sinners die accurft,
Their Glory bury'd with their Duft,
~ to my God, my Heavenly King,
Immortal Hallelujahs fing.
Several Lines in this Pfalm I have borrowed ef Sir John
Denham ; if I have made the Connexion more evident, and the
Senfe moreeafy andufeful to an ordinary Reader, I have attained
my End 5 and leave others to judge whether I have diJho?rcur'd
his Verfe, or improved it*
Stanz. 5. Tho* I am perfuaded the Pfalmiji /peaks here of the
firft Formation of the Sea and Mountains, when the Waters of
the Chaos were feparatedfrom the Earth, yet the People more
eafily underjiand it of Noah's Flood, and therefore I have in-
dulged fucb a Parapbrafe as is cap able of both Senfes,
Psalm CV. abridged.
God's ConduB of Ifrael and the Plagues of
Egypt.
I.
Give Thanks to God, invoke his Name,
And tell the World his Grace ;
Sound thro' the Earth his Deeds of Fame,
That all may feek his Face.
II.
His Covenant which he kept in mind
For numerous Ages paft,
2 To
Psalm CV, 261
cc
To numerous Ages yet behind,
In equal Force (hall laft.
M III.
He fware to Abraham and his Seed,
And made the Bleffing fure :
Gentiles the antient Promife read,
And find his Truth endure.
IV.
Thy Seed (hall make all Nations blefl:,1
(Said the Almighty Voice)
And Canaan s Land (hall be their Reft,
" The Type of Heavenly Joys.
[How large theGrant ! how rich theGrace !
To give them Canaan s Land,
When they were Strangers in the Place,
A little feeble Band 1
VI.
Like Pilgrims thro the Countries round
Securely they remov'd;
jAnd haughty Kings, that on them £rown5d*'
Severely he reprov'd.
VII.
Touch mine Anointed, and my Arm
c' Shall foon revenge the Wrong ;
The Man that does my Prophets harm
<c Shall know their God is ftrone."
viii. s
Then let the World forbear its Rage,
Nor put the Church in fear :
Ifrael muft live thro* every Age,
And be th* Almighty's Care.]
N 2 ^ Pause
26Z TSALM CV.
Pause I.
IX.
When Pharaoh dar'd to vex the Saints,
And thus provokM their God,
Mofes was fent at their Complaints,
Arm'd with his dreadful Rod,
x.
He calfd for Darknefs ; Darknefs came
Like an overwhelming Flood :
He turned each Lake and every Stream
To Lakes and Streams of Blood.
XI.
He gave the Sign, and noifome Flies
Thro* the whole Country fpread *j
And Frogs, in croaking Armies, rife
About the Monarch's Bed.
XII.
Thro5 Fields, and Towns, and Palaces
The tenfold Vengeance flew ;
Locufts in Swarms devour'd their Trees,
And Hail their Cattle flew.
XIII.
jThen by an Angel's Midnight Stroke
The Flower of Egypt dy'd ;
The Strength of every Houfe was broke,
Their Glory and their Pride.
XIV.
Now let the World forbear its Rage,
Nor put the Church in fear;
Jfyael muft live thro' every Age,
And be th* Almighty's Care.
Pause
Psalm CV. 261
Pause II.
XV.
Thus were the Tribes from Bondage brought,
And left the hated Ground ;
Each fome Egyptian Spoils had got,
And not one feeble found.
XVI.
The Lord himfelf chofe out their Way,
And mark'd their Journeys right,
Gave them a leading Cloud by Day,
A fiery Guide by Night,
XVII.
They thirft ; and Waters from the Rock
In rich Abundance flow,
And following ftill the Courfe they took,
Ran all the Defart thro'.
XVIII.
O wondrous Scream ! O bleifed Type
Of ever-flowing Grace !
So Chrifl our Rock maintains our Life
Thro* all this Wildernefs.
XIX.
Thus guarded by th'Almighty Hand
The chofen Tribes poffeft
Canaan the rich, the promis'd Land,
And there enjoy M their Reft.
XX. £
Then let the World forbear its Rage,
The Church renounce her Fear >
Ifraet muft live thro* every Age,
And be th'Almighty's Care.
N 3 PSA LM
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% 54 TSALM UV1."
Psalm XVI. i— 5. Fir fl Part.
Praife to God ; or, Communi on with Saints,
I.
HP o God the Great, the Ever-bleft,
A Let Songs of Honour be addreft :
His Mercy firm for ever ftands ;
Give him the Thanks his Love demands.
II.
Who knows the Wonders of thy Ways I
Who ihall fulfill thy boundlefs Praife?
Bleft are the Souls that fear Thee ftill,
And pay their Duty to thy Will
ill.
Remember what thy Mercy did
For Jacob's Race, thy chofen Seed;
And with the fame Salvation blefs
Themeanefl Suppliant of thy Grace*
IV.
O may I fee thy Tribes rejoice,
And aid their Triumphs with my Voice !
This is my Glory, Lord, to be
Join'd to thy Saints, and near to Thee.
Psalm CVL Second Part. v. 7, 8, 1 2 — 14.
43 43.
Ifrael punifh'd and pardon d ; or, God's un-
changeable hove.
I.
Go d, of eternal Love,
How fickle are our Ways !
And yet how oft did Ifrael prove
Thy Conftancy of Grace.
Psalm CVL 265
11.
They faw thy Wonders wrought,
And then thy Praife they fung;
Bat foon thy Works of Power forgot,
And murmur *d with their Tongue.
HI.
Now they believe his Word,
While Rocks with Rivers flow ;
Now with their Lufts provoke the Lord,
And he reduc'd them low.
IV.
Yet when they mourn'd their Faults,
He hearkened to their Groans,
Brought his own Covenant to his Thoughts,
And call'd them ftill his Sons;
v.
Their Names were in his Book,
He fav*d them from their Foes ;
Oft he chaftis'd, but ne'er forfook
The People that he chofe.
VI.
Let Ifrael blefs the Lord*
Who lov'd their antient Race ;
And Chriftians join the folemn Word
Amen to all the Praife.
The chief Defign of tbisivbole Pfalm I have exprefled in the
Title > and abridged it in this Form, having enlarged much mote
€n this fame Subjecl in the jjtb, 7%tb, and io$tb Pfa/ms.
Tbo' the Jews nowfeem to be caft off, yet the Apoftle Paul af-
fures us, that God hath not caft away his People whom he
foreknew; Rom, 11.2. Their Unbelief and Abfence from God is
but for a Sea/on, for they {ball be recalled again 5 v. 25, 26.
N 4 Psalm
266 ^SALM CVII.
Psalm CVII. Fir/} Part.
Ifrael led to Canaan, and Chriftians to Heaven
I.
C~"1ive Thanks to God -y he reigns above,
1 Kind are his Though ts, his Name is Love;
His Mercy Ages paft have known,
And Ages long to come fhallown.
II.
Let the Redeemed of the Lord
The Wonders of his Grace record ;
Ifrael, the Nation whom he chofe,
And refcu'd from their mighty Foes.
III.
[When God's Almighty Arm had broke
Their Fetters andzh' Egyptian Yoke,
They trae'd the Defart, wandring round
A wild and folitary Ground.
IV.
There they could find no leading Road,
Nor City for a fix'd Abode ;
Nor Food, nor Fountain, to affuage
Their burning Thirft, or Hunger's Rage.]
v.
In their Diftrefs to God they cry'd,
God was their Saviour and their Guide ;
He led their March far wandering round,
'T was the right Path to Canaan's Ground.
VI.
Thus when our firft Releafe we gain
From Sin's old Yoke and Satan's Chain,
We have this defart World to pafs,
A dangerous and a tirefome Place.
VII
Psalm CVII. 267
vn.
He feeds and clothes us all the way,
He guides our Footfteps left we ftray,
He guards us with a powerful Hand,
And brings us to the heavenly Land.
* VIII. \
, O let the Saints with Joy record
The Truth and Goodnefs of the Lord !
How great his Works ! how kind his Ways !
Let every Tongue pronounce his Praife.
Psalm CVII. Second Part.
CorreEtion for Sin> and Releafe by Prayer.
I.
;.
From Age to Age exalt his Name,
God and his Grace are ftill the fame ;
He fills the hungry Soul with Food,
And feeds the Poor with every Good.
II.
But if their Hearts rebel and rife
Againft the God that rules the Skies,
If they rejeft his heavenly Word,
And flight the Counfels of the Lord;
III.
He'll bring their Spirits to .the Ground,
And no Deliverer fhali be found ;
Laden with Grief they wafte their Breath
In Darknefs and the Shades of Death.
IV.
Then to the Lord they raife their Cries,
He makes the dawning Light arife,
Andfcatters all thatdifmal Shade,
That hung fo heavy round their Head.
N 5 v.
268 Psalm CVIL
c~
He cuts the Bars of Brafs in two,
And lets the fmiling Prifoners thro :
Takes off the Load of Guilt and Grief,
And gives the labouring Soul Relief.
O may the Sons of Men record
The wondrous Goodnefs of the Lord !
How great his Works! how kind his Ways !
Let every Tongue pronounce his Praife.
Psalm CVIL "Third Part.
Intemperance p unified and pardoned -9 or, a
Pfalmfor the Glutton and the Drunkard.
I.
\^ain Man, on foolilh Pleafures bent,
Prepares for his own Punifhmcnt >
What Pains, what loathfome Maladies
From Luxury and Luft arife ?
II.
The Drunkard feels his Vitals wafte,
Yet drowns his Health to pleafe his Tafte $
Till all his aftive Powers are loft,
And fainting Life draws near the Duft.
ill.
The Glutton groans and loaths to eat>
His Soul abhors delicious Meat :
Nature, with heavy Loads oppreft,
Would yield to Death to be releas'd.
IV.
Then how the frighted Sinners fly
To God for Help with earned Cry !
He hears theirGroans,prolongs theirBreath,
And faves thejn from approaching Death.
Psalm GVII. 269
v.
No Medicines could effeft the Cure
So quick, fo eafy, or fo fure :
The deadly Sentence God repeals,
He fends his Sovereign Word, and heals.
VI.
O may the Sons of Men record
The wondrous Goodnefs of the Lord !
And lee their thankful Offerings prove
How they adore their Maker's Love.
Psalm C VII. Fourth Part. Long Metre,
Deliverance from Storms and Shipwreck ; or,
the Seaman9 s Song.
I.
Would you behold the Works of God,
His Wonders in the World abroad.
Go with the Mariners, and trace
The unknown Regions of the Seas.
II.
They leave their native Shores behind,
And feize the Favour of the Wind y
Till God command,, and T^mpefts rife,
That heave the Ocean to the Skies.
III.
Now to the Heavens they mount amain,.
No w fink to dreadful Deeps again ;
Whatftrange Affrights young Sailors feel,
And like a daggering Drunkard reel !
When Land is far, and Death is nigh,
Loft to all Hope, to God they cry :
His Mercy hears the loud Addrefs,
And fends Salvation in Diftrefs.
y.
^70 PSA LM CVII.
V.
He bids the Winds their Wrath affuage,
The furious Waves forget their Rage :
*Tis calm * and Sailors fmile to fee
The Haven where they wifh'd to be.
VI.
O may the Sons of Men record
The wond'rous Goodnefs of the Lord !
Let them their private Offerings bring,
And In the Church his Glory fing.
Psalm CVII. Fourth Part. Com. Metre
The Marine/ s Pfalm.
Th y Works of Glory, mighty Lord,
Thy Wonders in the Deeps,
The Sons of Courage (hall record,
Who trade in floating Ships.
II.
At thy Command the Winds arife,
And fwell the towering Waves ;
The Men aftonifhM mount the Skies,
And fink in gaping Graves.
III.
{Again they climb the watry Hills,
And plunge in Deeps again ;
Each like a tottering Drunkard reels,
And finds his Courage vain.
IV.
Frighted to hear the Tempeft roar,
They pant with fluttering Breath,
And hopelefs of the diftant Shore,
Expeft immediate Death,]
y
Psalm CVII. 172
v.
Then to the Lord they raife their Cries,
He hears the loud Requeft,
And orders Silence thro* the Skies,
And lays the Floods to reft.
VI.
Sailors rejoice to lofe their Fears,
And fee the Storm allay'd :
Now to their Eyes the Port appears ;
There let their Vows be paid.
VII.
'Tis God that brings them fafe to Land ;
Let ftupid Mortals know,
That Waves are under his Command,
And all the Winds that blow.
VIII.
O that the Sons of Men would praife
The Goodnefs of the Lord !
And thofe that fee thy wond'rous Ways,
Thy wond'rous Love record !
Psalm CVII. Lafi Part.
Colonies planted 5 or, Nations bleft and pu-
nijh'd.
A Pfalrri for New-E7tglanc{.
I.
WHEN God, provok'd with daring Crimes,
Scourges the Madnefs of the Times,
He turns their Fields to barren Sand,
And dries the Rivers from the Land.
I II.
His Word can raife the Springs again,
And make the withered Mountains green,
Z7Z Psalm CVIL
Send fhow'ry Bleflings from the Skies,
And Harvefts in the Defart rife.
Hi.
[Where nothing dwelt but Beafts of Prey,
Or Men as fierce and wild as they >
He bids th' Op pre ft and Poor repair,
And builds them Towns and Cities there.
IV.
They fowthe Fields, and Trees they plant,
Whofe yearly Fruit fupplies their Want :
Their Race grows up from fruitful Stocks,
Their Wealth increafes with their Flocks,
V.
Thus they are bleft ; but if they fin,
He lets the Heathen Nations in,
A favage Crew invades their Lands,
Their Princes die by barbarous Haqds.
VI.
Their captive Sons, exposed to Scorn,
Wander unpity'd and forlorn :
!The Country lies unfencM, untill d,
And Defolation fpreads the Field.
VII.
Yet if the humbled Nation mourns,
Again his dreadful Hand he turns ;
Again he makes their Cities thrive,
And bids the dying Churches live.]
VIII.
The Righteous, with a joyful Senfe,
Admire the Works of Providence ;
And Tongues of Atheifts (hall no more
Blafpheme the God that Saints adore.
IX.
Psalm CIX. 273
IX.
How few, with pious Care, record
iThefe wond'rous Dealings of the Lord ?
jBut wife Obfervers ftill fhall find
!The Lord is holy, juft, and kind.
If this Hymn be too long to, fing at once, the ttvo firft and
t*vo laft Stanza* 5 of it may be Jung together, and the five middle
Stanza'' s by them/elves, as another Hymn : For I could not find
any other convenient Divifion of it.
The \o%th Pfalm is formed out of the $jth and 6otb, therefore
1 have omitted it.
Psalm CIX. v. 1 — 5, 3 1.
Love to Enemies from the Example of ChrifL
I.
£* o d of my Mercy and my Praife,
Thy Glory is my Song ;
Tho* Sinners fpeak againft thy Grace
With a blafpheming Tongue.
When in the Form of mortal Man
Thy Son on Earth was found,
With cruel Slanders, falfe and vain,
They comptfs'd Him around,
ill.
Their Miferies his Companion move.
Their Peace he ftill purfu'd ;
They render Hatred for his Love,
And Evil for his Good.
IV,
Their Malice rag'd without *Caufe3
Yet, with his dying Breath,
He pray'd for Murderers on his Crofs,
And bleft his Foe$ in Death,
*?4 Psalm CX.
v.
Lord, fhall thy bright Example fhine
In vain before my Eyes?
Give me a Soul a-kin to Thine,
To love my Enemies.
VI.
The Lord fhall on my Side engage,
And, in ray Saviour's Name,
I fhall defeat their Pride and Rage
Who {lander and condemn.
That this Pfalm foretells the Sufferings, the Patience, and Live
of Chrift to Enemies, is univerfally agreed ; but the Curfes on Ju-
das and the Priejis, &c. I have cbofen to leave where they ft an A
in the j acred Language of Prophecy \
Psalm CX. Firfl Part. Long Metre.
Chrift exalted, and Multitudes converted ; or,
the Succefs of the Gofpel.
I.
Thus the Eternal Father fpake
To Chrift the Son; " Afcend and fit
" At my right Hand, till I fhall make
<c Thy Foes fubmiffive at thy Feet.
" From Zion fhall thy Word proceed,
u Thy Word, the Scepter in thy Hand,
" Shall make the Hearts of Rebels bleed,
" And bow their Wills to thy Command.
III.
cc That Day fhall fhew thy Power is great,
" When Saints fhall flock with willing Minds,
" And Sinners croud thy Temple-Gate,
cc Where Hoiinefs in Beauty fhine$."
IV.
O blefled Power ! O glorious Day!
What a large Vi&ory fhall enfue !
And
Psalm GX. zzi
And Converts, who thy Grace obey,
Exceed the Drops of Morning-Dew.
Sf. 3,4. It is generally frppofed the T>d Verfe of this Pfalm de>
fcribes the numerous Cont-erjions that followed the Afcenjion of
"Chrift. The Beauty of Holinefs is but a Periphrafis for the
Temple. That the whole Pfalm is a Prophecy of Chrift in hit
Kingdom and Prieftbocd, is abundantly evident from Matt. 22.
44. Heb. 7. &c.
Psalm CX. Second Part. Long Metre.
The Kingdom and PrieJihoodofChvift*
I.
HP h u s the great Lord of Earth and Sea
Spake to his Son, and thus he fwore j
" Eternal fhall thy Priefthood be,
,g And change from Hand to Hand no more*
II,
11 Aaron and all his Sons muft die ;
[But everlafting Life is Thine,
To fave for ever thofe that fly
For Refuge from the Wrath Divine.
III.
By me Melchifedek was made
On Earth a King and Prieft at once }
And Thou my Heavenly Prieft fhalt plead,
And Thou my King {halt rule my Sons.
IV.
Jefus the Prieft afcends his Throne,
While Counfels of Eternal Peace,
Between the Father and the Son,
Proceed with Honour and Succefs.
v.
Thro'che whole Earth hisReign fhall fpread,
And crufh the Powers that dare rebell;
Then fhall he judge the rifing Dead,
And fend the guilty World to Hell.
VI.
276 Psalm CXT
VI.
Tho* while he treads his glorious Way,
He drink the Cup of Tears and Blood,
The Sufferings of that dreadful Day
Shall but advance him near to God.
The Priefthood of Chrift, after the Order of Melchifedek, &
particularly explained, Heb. 7. ver. 1, 3,23,24,25. and is in>
ferted in the three firft Stan»ays,
St. 4. Zech. 6. 13. He fhall be a Prieft upon his Throne,
1 and the Counfel of Peace fhall be between them both.
The lafl Verfe of this Pfalm is explained by Interpreters in very
contrary Senfes. Some make his drinking of the Brook tofgnify
mean Refreshments in his Way, and feme expound it of his
tafting Sorrows and Sufferings j the laft is moji evangelical and
moji beautiful, therefore I have chofen it.
Psalm CX. Common Merre.
Chrift^ Kingdom and Priefihood.
I.
Jesus, our Lord, afcend thy Throne,
And near the Father fit ;
In Zion fhall thy Power be known,
And make thy Foes fubmit.
IL
What Wonders fhall thy Gofpel do !
Thy Converts fhall furpafs
The numerous Drops of Morning-Dew,.
And own thy Sovereign Grace.
III.
God hath pronoune'd a firm Decree,
Nor changes what he fwore ;
" Eternal (hall thy Priefthood be,
cc When Aaron is no more.
IV.
c< Melchifedek that wond rous Prieft,.
" That King of high Degree,
cc That holy Man who Abraham bleft
" Was but a Type of Thee "
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Jefus our Prieft forever lives,
To plead for us above ;
Jefus our King for ever gives
The Bleffings of his Love.
VI.
God (hall exalt his glorious Head,
And his high Throne maintain,
Shall ilrike the Powers and Princes dead,
Who dare oppofe his Reign.
Psalm CXL Fir ft Part.
7 be IVifdom of God in his Works*
I.
Congs of immortal Praife belong
To my Almighty God :
He has my Heart, and he my Tongue
To fpread his Name abroad.
II.
Howgreatthe Works hisHand has wrought!
How glorious in our Sight !
And Men in every Age have fought
His Wonders with Delight.
III.
How moft exaft is Nature's Frame I
How wife th' Eternal Mind !
His Counfels never change the Scheme
That his firft Thoughts defignM.
IV.
When he redeem'd his chofen Sons,
He fix'd his Covenant fure :
The Orders that his Lips pronounce,
To endlefs Years endure.
278 Psalm CXI
v.
Nature and Time, and Earth and Skies,
Thy heavenly Skill proclaim :
What fhall we do to make us wife,
But learn to read thy Name ?
VI.
To fear thy Power, to truft thy Grace
Is our divineft Skill ;
And he's the wifeft of our Race,
That bell: obeys thy Will.
Of this Pfalm I have cbofen fever al Verjes> and formed into /cpw
i'tfincl Hymns, keeping the frfi and the tivo lafi Verfes in both* i
Psalm CXI. Second Pan.
The Perfettiom of God.
I.
£^reat is the Lord, his Works of Might
Demand our nobleft Songs j
Let his aflembled Saints unite
Their Harmony of Tongues.
Great is the Mercy of the Lord,
He gives his Children Food ;
And ever mindful of his Word,
He makes his Promife good.
III.
His Son, the Great Redeemer, came
To feal his Covenant fure :
Holy and Reverend is his Name,
His Ways are juft and pure.
IV.
They that would grow divinely wife,
Muft with his Fear begin ;
Our faireft Proof of Knowledges lies
In hating every Sin.
Psalm
Psalm CXII. 27<
Psalm CXIL as the 113th Pfalm.
The Blefjings of the Liberal Man.
I.
TP hat Man is bleft who ftands in awe
Of God, and loves his facred Law :
His Seed on Earth fhall be renown'd ;
His Houfe, the Seat of Wealth, fhall be
An inexhaufted Treafury,
And with fuceeffive Honours crownM.
11.
His liberal Favours he extends,
To Some he gives, to Others lends ;
A generous Pity fills his Mind :
'Yet what his Charity impairs,
He faves by Prudence in Affairs-.
And thus he's juft to all Mankind
III.
His Hands, while they his Alms beftow'd,
His Glory's future Harveft fbw'd ;
The fweet Remembrance of the Juft,
Like a green Root, revives and bears
A Train of Bleffings for his Heirs,
When dying Nacure fleeps in Duft,
IV.
Befet with threatning Dangers round,
Unmov'd (hall he maintain his Ground;
His Confcience holds his Courage up :
The Soul that's fill'd with Vertue's Light,
Shines brighteft in Affliction's Night :
And fees in Darknefs Beams of Hope.
P A use.
F8o halm CXII.
Pause.
v.
[Ill Tidings never can furprize
His Heart that fix'd on God relies,
Tho' Waves and Tempeftsroar around :
Safe on the Rock he fits, and fees
The Shipwreck of his Enemies,
And all their Hope and Glory drown'd.
VI.
The Wicked (hall his Triumph fee,
And gnafh their Teeth in Agony,
To find their Expe&ations croft :
They and their Envy, Pride and Spite,
Sink down to everlafting Night,
And all their Names in Darknefs loft.]
Many Lines of this Metre, and fome of the next Pfalm, Pro-
per Metre, are borrowed from Mr. Tate's Verjion.
Psalm CXII. Long Metre.
"the Ble flings of the Pious and Charitable.
I.
TThrice happy Man who fears the Lord,
Loves his Commands, and trufts his Word j
Honour and Peace his Days attend,
And Bleffings to his Seed defcend.
II.
Companion dwells upon his Mind,
To Works of Mercy ftill inclin'd :
He lends the Poor fome prefent Aid,
Or gives them, not to be repaid.
When Times grow dark, and Tiding? fpread
That fill his Neighbours round with Dread,
His Heart is arm'd againft the Fear,
For God with all his Power is there.
IV.
Psalm CXII. 281
IV.
His Soul well fix'd upon the Lord,
Draws heavenly Courage from his Word ;
Amidft the Darknefs,L]ght (hall rife,
To chear his Heart, and blefs his Eyes,
v.
He hath difpersM his Alms abroad,
His Works are ftill before his God ;
His Name on Earth fhall long remain,
•While envious Sinners fret in vain.
Psalm CXII. Common Metre.
Liberality rewarded.
I.
Happy is he that fears the Lord,
And follows his Commands,
Wno lends the Poor without Reward,
Or gives with liberal Hands.
II.
As Pity dwells within his Breaft
To all the Sons of Need ;
So God fhail anfwer his Requeft
With Bleffings en his Seed.
III.
No evil Tidings fhall furprze
His well-eftabliih'd Mind;
His Soul to God his Refuge flies,
And leaves his Fears behind.
IV.
In Times of general Diftrefs
Some Beams of Light fhall fhine,
To fhew the World his Righteoufnefs, •'
And give him Peace divine. - f
282
Psalm CXI1I.
v.
His Works of Piety and Love
Remain before the Lord ;
Honour on Earth and Joys above
Shall be his fure Reward.
Many of the BleJJings of Wealth, and Grandeur, and Tem-
poral good Things, that were the Portion of a Good Man and
bis Children under the Old Teftament, I have here abridged agree-
able to the New, which foretells rather Temporal Afflictions, and
promijes everlafting Rewards.
Psalm CXIII. Proper Tune.
*th9 Majefly and Condefcenjion of God.
I.
Ye that delight to ferve the Lord,
The Honours of his Name record,
His facred Name for ever blefs :
Where-e'er the circling Sun difplays
Hisrifing Beams, or fetting Rays,
Let Lands and Seas his Power confefs.
II.
Not Time, nor Nature's narrow Rounds
Can give his vaft Dominion Bounds,
The Heavens are far below his Height :
Let no created Greatnefs dare
With our eternal God compare,
Arm'd with his uncreated Might.
III. *
He bows his glorious Head to view
What the bright Hofts of Angels do,
And bends his Care to mortal Things;
His Sovereign Hand exalts the Poor,
He takes the Needy from the Door,
And makes them Company for Kings.
IV.
Psalm CXIIL 2S3
IV.
When childlefs Families defpair,
He fends the Bleffing of an Heir
To refcue their expiring Name ;
The Mother with a thankful Voice
Proclaims his Praifes and her Joys :
Let every Age advance his Fame.
Psalm CXIIL Long Metre.
God Sovereign and Gracious.
Ye Servants of th* Almighty King,
In every Age his Praifes ling :
Where-e'er the Sun (hall rife or fet,
The Nations (hall his Praife repeat.
II.
Above the Earth, beyond the Sky,
Stands his high Throne of Majefty :
Nor Time nor Place his Power reftrain,
Nor bound his univerfal Reign.
in.
Which of the Sons of Adam dare,
Or Angels with their God compare ?
His Glories how divinely bright,
jWho dwells in uncreated Light !
IV.
Behold his Love : He ftoops to view
What Saints above and Angels do;
And condefcends yet more to know
The mean Affairs of Men below.
v.
From Duft and Cottages obfcure
His Grace exalts the humble Poor ;
Gives them the Honour of his Sons,
And fits them for their heavenly Thrones.
O vi.
384 Psalm CX.1V. '
vi. -
CA Word of his creating Voice
Can make the barren Houfe rejoice:
Tho* Sarah's ninety Years were paft3
The promised Seed is born at laft.
VII.
With Joy the Mother views her Son,
And tells the Wonders God has done :
Faith may grow ftrong when Senfedefpairsj
f Nature fails, the Promife bears.]
Part of the 6th and yth Stanza's are borrowed from Genelis
37. 17. and Rom. 4. 19, 20. Shall Sarah that is ninety Years
eld bear ? Abraham was ftrong in Faith, &c.
Psalm CXIV.
Miracles attending Ifrael's Journey.
When Ifrael '/reed from Pharaoh's Hand,
Left the proud Tyrant and his Land,
The Tribes with chearful Homage own
Their King, and Judah was his Throne.
II.
Acrofs the Deep their Journey lay •
The Deep divides to make them Way :
Jordan beheld their March, and fled
With backward Current to his Head.
ill.
The Mountains fhook like frighted Sheep,
Like Lambs the little Hillocks leap j
Not Sinai on her Bafe could fland,
Confcious of Sovereign Power at hand.
IV.
What Power could make the Deep divide ?
Make Jordan backward roll his Tide ?
Why did ye leap, ye little Hills ?
And whence the Fright that Sinai feels ?
V.
Psalm Cj^VT 2S5
v.
Let every Mountain, every Flood
: Retire, and know th' approaching Godk
The King of Ijrael : See him here ;
Tremble thou Earth, adore, and fear.
VI.
He thunders, and all Nature mourns ;
•The Rock to (landing Pool he turns ;
Flints fpring with Fountains at his Word,
'And Fires and Seas confefs the Lord.
This Pfalm appears to me an admirable Ode, but if I had in-
troduced the Prefence of God into the Camp cf Ifrael removing
from Egypt, as all my PredeceJJ'ors have done, I hadhft the Di-
vine Beauty cf the Pfalm : For bad God appeared at frfly there
could be no Wonder ivhy the Mountains fhou Id leap, and the Sea
retire ; therefore that this Convulfion cf Nature may be brought
in nvith due Surprize, the Sacred Poet conceals his Name till
afterivard, and then with a very agreeable Turn of Thought Goi.
is introduced at once in all his Majefly. This is <zvha*t I have at-
tempted to imitate, and to preserve what I could of the Spirit of
the infpired Author,
Psalm CXV. Fir ft Metre.
The "True Gcd our Refuge ; or, Idoltary re~
proved.
I.
TVT o t to our felves, who are but Duft,
Not to our felves is Glory due,
Eternal God, Thou only Juft,
Thou only Gracious, Wife, and True.
IT.
Shine forth in all thy dreadful Name;
Why fhould a Heathen's haughty Tongue
Infult us, and to raife our Shame
Say, u Where's the God you' *ve ferv'd fo lonv ?
III.
The God we ferve maintains his Throne
Above the Clouds, beyond the Skies,
O z Thro*
2S6 Psalm CXV.
Thro' all the Earth his Will is done,
He knows our Groans, he hears our Cries.
IV.
But the vain Idols they adore
Are fenfelefs Shapes of Scone and Wood ;
At beft a Mafs of glittering Ore,
A filver Saint, or golden God.
v.
[With Eyesand Ears they carve their Head,
Deaf are their Ear, their Eyes are blind ;
In vain are coftly Offerings made,
And Vows are fcatter'd in the Wind.
VI.
Their Feet were never made to move,
Nor Hands to fave when Mortals pray ;
Mortals that pay them Fear or Love
Seem to be blind and deaf as they.]
VII.
O Ifrael, make the Lord thy Hope,
Thy Help, thy Refuge, and thy Reft ;
The Lord fhall build thy Ruins up,
And blefs the Peopleand the Prieft.
VIII.
The Dead no more can fpeak thy Praife,
They dwell in Silence and the Grave ;
But we (hall live to fing thy Grace,
And tell the World thy Power to fave.
Psalm CXV. Second Metre, as the New
Tune of the 50th Pfalm.
Popifh Idolatry reproved.
A Pfalm for the 5 th of November.
I.
vjOT to our Names, Thou only Juft and True,
*^* Not to our worthlefs Names ia Glory due :
Thv
Psalm CXV. -2$7~
Thy Power and Grace, thy Truth and Juftice claim
Immortal Honours to thy Sovereign Name.
Shine thro' the Earth from Heaven thy bleft Abode,
Nor let the Heathens fay, u And where* s your God f%%
II.
Heaven is thine higher Court: There fbnds thy Throne,
And thro' the lower Worlds thy Will is done:
Our God fram'd all this Earth, thefe Heavens he fpread,
But Fools adore the Gods their Hands have made 9
The kneeling Crowd, with Looks devout, behold
Their Silver-Saviours, and their Saints of Gold.
III.
£ Vain are thofe artful Shapes of Eyes and Ears ;
The molten Image neither fees nor hears :
Their Hands are helplefs, nor their Feet can move,
They have no Speech, nor Thought, nor Power, nor Love }
Yet fotti/h Mortals make their long Complaints
To their deaf Idols, and their movelefs Saints.
IV.
The Rich have Statues well adorn'd with Gold j
The Poor content with Gods of coarfer Mould,
With Tools of Iron carve the fenfelefs Stock
Lopt from a Tree, or broken from a Rock :
People and Prieft drive on the folemn Trade,
-And trufl the Gods that Saws and Hammers made.]
V.
Be Heaven and Earth amaz'd ! 'Tis hard to fay
Which is more ftupid, or their Gods, or They,
O Ifrael, truft the Lord j he hears and fees,
He knows thy Sorrows, and reftores thy Peace :
His Worfhip does a thoufand Comforts yield,
He is thy Help, and he thy Heavenly Shield.
VI.
O Britain, truft the Lord : Thy Foes in vain
Attempt thy Ruin, and oppofe his Reign j
Had they prevail'd, Darknefs had clos'd our Days,
And Death and Silence had forbid his Praife :
But we arefav'd, and live : Let Songs arife,
And Britain blefs the, God that built the Skies.
Oj
Psalm
28S Psalm CXVI.
Psalm CXVI. Firfi Part.
Recovery from Sicknefs.
I.
T Love the Lord : He heard my Cries,'
And pity'd every Groan :
Long as I live, when Troubles rife,
I'll haften to his Throne,
II.
I love the Lord : He bow'd his Ear,
And chas'd my Griefs away ;
O let my Heart no more defpair,
While I have Breach to pray !
ill.
My Flefh declin'd, my Spirits fell,
And I drew near the Dead,
While inward Pangs and Fears of Hell
Perplex'd my wakeful Head*
IV.
cv My God, I cry'd, thy Servant fave,
" Thou ever Good and Juft ;
c Thy Power can refcue from the Grave,
V Thy Power is all my Truft"
v.
kThe Lord beheld meforediftreft,
He bid my Pains remove :
Return, my Soul, to God thy Reft,
For thou haft known his Love.
VI.
My God hath fav'd my Soul from Death,
And dry'd my falling Tears ;
Now to his Praife Til fpend my Breath,
And my remaining Years*
Psalm
Psalm CXVL 2S9
Psalm CXVI. i 2, &c. Second Part:
Vows made in 'Trouble paid in the Church ; or,
Publish Thanks for Private Deliverance.
I.
What (hall I render to my God
For all his Kindnefs Ihown ?
I My Feet (hall vifit thine Abode,
My Songs addrefs thy Throne.
II.
' Among the Saints that fill thine Houfe,
My Offerings (hall be paid ;
There fhall my Zeal perform the Vows
My Soul in Anguifh made.
III.
How much is Mercy thy Delight,
Thou ever-bleflfed God !
How dear thy Servants in thy Sight I
How precious is their Blood !
IV.
1 How happy all thy Servants are I
How great thy Grace to me !
My Life which thou haft made thy Care,
Lord, I devote to Thee.
v.
Now lam Thine, for ever Thine,
Nor (hall my Purpofe move ;
Thy Hand hath loos'd my Bonds of Pain,
And bound me with thy Love.
VI.
Here in thy Courts I leave my Vow,
And thy rich Grace record ;
Witnefs, ye Saims, who hear me now,
If I for fake the Lord.
O 4 Psalm
i90 PSALM CXVII.
Psalm CXVII. Common Metre.
Praife to God from all Nations %
I.
OA l l ye Nations, praife the Lord,
Each with a different Tongue;
In every Language learn his Word,
And let his Name be fung.
II.
His Mercy reigns thro' every Land;
Proclaim his Grace abroad ;
For ever firm his Truth fhall ftand,
Praife ye the faithful God.
Psalm CXVII. Long Metre.
I.
F7^ rom all that dwell below the Skies,
JJ Let the Creator's Praife arife :
et the Redeemer's Name be fung
Thro' every Land by every Tongue.
II.
Eternal are thy Mercies, Lord ;
iternal Truth attends thy Word:
Thy Praife (hall found from Shore to Shore,
Till Suns fhall rife and fet no more.
1 P s a l m CXVII. Short Metre.
i.
Th y Name, Almighty Lord,
Shall found thro' diftant Lands ;
reat is thy Grace, and fure thy Word $
Thy Truth for ever ftands.
1L
Far be thine Honour fpread,
And long thy Praife endure,
Till
Psalm CXVIII. 291
Till Morning-Light and Evening-Shade
Shall be exchanged no more.
Psalm CXVIII. FtrflPart. v. tf— 15.
Deliverance from a Tumult.
I.
HTh e Lord appears my Helper now,
Nor is my Faith afraid
What all the Sons of Earth can do,
Since Heaven affords its Aid.
II.
Tis fafer, Lord, to hope in Thee,
And have my* God my Friend,
Thantruft in Men of high Degree,
And on their Truth depend.
III.
Like Bees my Foes befet me round,
A large' and angry Swarm ;
But I fhall all their Rage confound
By thine Almighty Arm.
Tis thro' the Lord my Heart -is ftrong,
In him my Lips rejoice ;
While his Salvation is my Song,
How chearful is my Voice !
v.
Like angry Bees they girt me round j
When God appears they fly :
So burning Thorns, with crackling Sound,
Make a fierce Blaze, and die.
VI.
Joy to the Saints and Peace belongs;
The Lord prote&s their Days ;
O 5 Let
292 rSAJLM L.A.V1U.
Let Ijrael tune immortal Songs
To his Almighty Grace.
Psalm CXV1II. &co»<J Part. v. 17—21. *
Publick Praife for Deliverance from Death.
Lord, thou haft heard thy Servant cry, |
And refcu'd from the Grave ;
Now fliall he live : (and none can die
If God refolve to fave.)
II.
Thy Praife, more conftant than before,
Shall fill his daily Breath ;
Thy Hand, that hath chaftis'd him fore,
Defends him {till from Death.
III.
Open the Gates of Zion now,
For we (hall worship there,
The Houfe where all the Righteous go
Thy Mercy to declare.
IV.
Among th'Affemblies of thy Saints
Our thankful Voice weraife $
There we have told Thee our Complaints,
And there we fpeak thy Praife.
I Psalm CXVIII. Third Part. v. 22, 23.
Chrift the Foundation of his Church.
h
ehold the fure Foundation-Stone
Which God in Zion lays
I To build our heavenly Hopes upon,
And his eternal Praife.
II.
Chofen of God, to Sinners dear,
And Saints adore the Name,
They
Psalm CXVIII. zqi
\ They truft their whole Salvation here,
Nor fhall they luffer Shame.
III.
j The foolifti Builders, Scribe and Prieft,
Reje£t it: with Difdain ,
Yet on this Rock the Church fhall reft,
And Envy rage in vain.
IV.
What tho' the Gates of Hell withftood,
Yec muft this Building rife :
'Tis thy own Work, Almighty God,
And wond'rous in our Eyes.
Tbefefve Verfes from the zid to tbezjtb, containing a glorious
Prophecy of Chrift, I have explained them at large in the Lan-
guage of the Nero Teft anient, in tzvo dijlincl Hymns : i Pet. 2. '
4, 6. Behold, I lay inZicn a chief Corner-ftone, Elect, Pre-
cious, and he that believeth on Him fhall not be afhamed |
I di fallowed of Men, but chofen of God, and precious. Matt,
16. iS. Upon this Rock will I build my Church, and' the
* Gates of Hell fhall not prevail agaiaft it. See the Notes on the
. following Hymns,
Psalm CXVIII. [Fourth Part. v. 24, 2?, 26.
Hofanna; the Lord's Day: or, Chrift's Re-
furre£iion and our Salvation.
I.
•"p his is the Day the Lord hath made,"
He calls the Hours his own »
Let Heaven rejoice, let Earth be glad,
And Praife furround the Throne.
II.
I To-day he rcfe and lefc the Dead,
And Satan s Empire fell ;
To-day the Saints his Triumph fpread,
And all his Wonders teii.
III.
Hofanna to th* anointed King,
To David's holy Son ;
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*a94 Psalm CXVIIL
Help us, O Lord; defcend and bring
Salvation from the Throne,
IV.
Eleft be the Lord who comes to Men
With Meflages of Grace ;
Who comes in God his Father's Name
To fave our finful Race.
v.
Hofanna in the higheft Strains
The Church on Earth can raife j
The higheft Heavens in which he reigns,
Shall give him nobler Praife.
See the Notes on the foregoing and following Hymns*
Stan. i. This is th§ Day wherein Chrift fulfilled his Sufferings 9
and rofe from the Dead, and has honoured it with his own Name,
Rev. i. 10. The Lord's Day.
Stanza 3. This Verfe is explained, Mat. 21. 9. Hofanna to
the Son of Da'vid. BlefTed is he that cometh in the Name of
the Lord .* Hofanna m the Higheft. The word Hofanna Jig-
nifies, Save, we befeech.
Psalm CXVIIL v. 22 — 27. Short Metre.
An Hofanna/flr the Lord's-Day; or, a new
Song of Salvation by Chrift.
I.
See what a living Stone
The Builders did refufe ;
Yet God hath built his Church thereon
In fpight of envious Jews.
The Scribe and angry Prieft
Reject thine only Son ;
Yet on this Rock fhall Zion reft,
As the chief Corner- ftone.
III.
The Work, O Lord, is Thine,
And wond'rous in our Eyes;
3 This
Psalm CXVIIL 20 i
This Day declares it all Divine,
This Day did Jefus rife.
IV.
This is the glorious Day
That our Redeemer made ;
Let us rejoice, and fing, and pray,
Let all the Church be glad,
v.
Hofanna to the King
Of David's Royal Blood :
Blefs him, ye Saints ; he comes to bring
Salvation from your God.
VI.
We blefs thine holy Word,
Which all this Grace difplays;
And offer on thine Altar, Lord,
Our Sacrifice of Praife.
Stan. 6. The zytb ver. mufi be explained Evangelically ; the
'Gofpel/j our Light, our Altar is Chrift, and our Sacrifices arc
! Prayer and Praife : Heb, 13. 10, 15.
\ Psalm CXVIIL 22—27. Long Metre,
An Hofanna for the Lord's-Day ; or, a neva
Song of Salvation by Chrift.
L
Lo ! what a glorious Corner-ftone
The Jewijb Builders did refufe ;
Sue Gcd hath built his Church thereon^
In fpightof Envv and the Jews.
^5 - II. J
Jreat God, the Work is all divine,
"he Joy and Wonder of our Eyes ;
This is the Day that proves icthine3
The Day that law our Saviour rife,
III.
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III.
Sinners rejoice ; and Saints be glad :
Uofanna, let his Name be blefl: :
A thoufand Honours on his Head
With Peace and Light, and Glory reft !
IV.
In God's own Name he comes to bring
Salvation to our dying Race :
Let the whole Church addrefs their King
With Hearts of Joy and Songs of Praife.
Stan. 3. Hofanna fgnifes fave, we befeech, as v. 25. And
Jince the Hofanna is afcribed to Chrift in Matt. 21. 9. it feems to
mean properly, An Acclamation to Chriil as King; as we fay
in our Language, God fave the King, or God blefs the King j
tbo* in the Common Metre I have turned it as a Jhort Prayer for
eur own Salvation in the Senfe in which ytis often underftood,
Psalm CXIX.
/ have collected and dtfpofed the moft tifefull
8 Verfes of this Pfalm under eighteen different
\ Heads, and formed a Divine Song upon each
I of them : But the Verfes are much tranfpofed,
I to attain fome Degree of Connexion,
In fome Places , among the zvords Law,Com-
rnands, Judgments, Teftimonies, I haveufed
Gofpel, Word, Grace, Truth, Promifes,
&c. as more agreeable to the New Tefiament,
and the common Language of Chrifiians ; and it
equally anfwers the Dejign of the Pfaimift,
which was to recommend the Holy Scripture.
Psalm CXIX. Fir ft Part.
T'he Bkffednefs of Saint j, and Mifery of Sinner*.
I. v.i, 2, 3.
Blest are the undefil'd in Heart,
Whofe Ways are right and clean :
Who
Psalm CXIX. 297
"Who never from thy Law depart,
But fly from every Sin.
II.
Bleft are the Men that keep thy Word,
And prafrife thy Commands ;
With their whole Heart they feekthe Lord,
And ferve Thee with their Hands.
III. v, \6$.
Great is their Peace who love thy Law
How firm their Souls abide !
Nor can a bold Temptation draw
Their fteddy Feet afide.
IV. v. 6.
Then (hall my Heart have inward Joy,
And keep my Face from Shame,
When all thy Statutes I obey,
And honour all thy Name.
V.v.if,ii8.
But haughty Sinners God will hate,
The Proud fhall die accurft ;
The Sons of Falfhood and Deceit
Are trodden to the Duft.
VI. v, 119, 1^-.
We as the Drofs the Wicked are :
Andthofe that leave thy Ways
Shall fee Salvation from afar,
But never tafte thy Grace.
Psalm CXIX. Second Part.
Secret Devotion and Spiritual-Mindednefs i
or, Conftant Converfe with God.
I. v. 147, ff.
"" o Thee, before the dawning Light,
My gracious God, I pray j
298 Psalm CXIX.
I meditate thy Name by Night,
And keep thy Law by Day.
iMy Spirit faints toTee thy Grace,
\ Thy Promife bears me up ;
| And while Salvation long delays,
Thy Word fupports my Hope.
III. v. 164.
1 Seven times a day I lift my Hands,
And pay my Thanks to Thee;
Thy righteous Providence demands
Repeated Praife from me.
IV. v. 62.
When Midnight-darknefs vails the Skies,
I call thy Works to mind ;
My Thoughts in warm Devotion rife,
And fweet Acceptance find.
P s a l m CXIX. Third Part
Profejjlons of Sincerity, Repentance and
Obedience.
I. v. 57, 60.
Thou art my Portion, O my God ;
Soon as I know thy Way,
My Heart makes hafte t'obey thy Word*
And fuffers no Delay.
II. v. 30, 14.
[I chufe the Path of heavenly Truth,
And glory in my Choice :
Not all the Riches of the Earth
Could make me fo rejoice.
III.
The Teftimonies of thy Grace *
I fet before my Eyes j
Thence
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Psalm Oxix. 299
Thence I derive my daily Strength,
And there my Comfort lies.
IV. v. f$.
If once I wander from thy Path,
I think upon my Ways,
Then turn my Feet to thy Commands,
Andtruft thy pardoning Grace.
V. v. 94, 1 14.
Now I am thine, forever thine,
O fave thy Servant, Lord ;
Thou art my Shield, my Hiding-place;
My Hope is in thy Word.
VI. V. 112.
Thou haft inclined this Heart of mine
Thy Statutes to fulfill ;
And thus till mortal Life fhall end
Would I perform thy Will.
Psalm CXIX. Fourth Part.
InjlruEiion from Scripture.
I. v. 9.
TJ 0 w (hall the Young fecure their Hearts,
XT! And guard their Lives from Sin ?
Thy Lord the choiceft Rules imparts
To keep the Confcience clean.
II. v. 130.
When once it enters to the Mind,
It fpreadsfuch Light abroad,
The meaneft Souls Inftrudfcion find,
And raife their Thoughts to God.
III. V. IO$\
*Tis like the Sun, a heavenly Light,
That guides us all the Day :
And
r
3 00 3TS ALM CX1X.
And thro the Dangers of the Night,
A Lamp to lead our Way.
IV. v, 99, ico.
The Men that keep thy Law with Care,
And meditate thy Word,
Grow wifer than their Teachers are,
And better know the Lord.
V. v. 104, 113.
Thy Precepts make me truly wife ;
I hate the Sinners Road ;
I hate my own vain Thoughts that rife,
But love thy Law, my God.
VI. v. S9, 90, 91.
[The ftarry Heavens thy Rule obey,
The Earth maintains her Place ;
And thefe thy Servants Night and Day
Thy Skill and Power exprefs.
VII.
But (till thy Law and Gofpel, Lord,
Have LefTons more divine :
Not Earth ftands firmer than thy Word,
Nor Stars fo nobly fliine.]
VIII. v. 160, 140, 9, i 16.
Thy Word is everlafting Truth;
How pure is every Page 1
That holy Book fhall guide our Youth,
And well fupport our Age.
Psalm CXIX. Fifth Part.
Delight in Scripture ; or, The Word of God
dwelling in us.
I. v. 97.
OHo w I love thy holy Law -'
'Tis daily my Delight;
And thence my Meditations draw
Divine Advice by Night. ^
Psalm CXIX. 301
II. v. 148.
My waking Eyes prevent the Day
To meditate thy Word ;
My Soul with Longing melts away
To hear thy Gofpel, Lord,
III. v. 5, 13, 5-4.
How doth thy Word my Heart engage !
How well employ my Tongue!
And in my tirefome Pilgrimage
Yields me a heavenly Song:
IV. V.I0, 102.
Am I a Stranger, or at Home,
Tis my perpetual Feaft;
Not Honey dropping from the Comb
So much allures the Tafte.
V. v. jiy 127.
No Treafures fo inrich the Mind ; -
Nor fhall thy Word be fold
For Loads of Silver well-refin'd,
Nor Heaps of choiceft Gold.
VI. v. 28, 49, 175*.
When Nature (inks and Spirits droop,
Thy Promifes of Grace
Are Pillars to fupport my Hope,
And there I write thy Praife.
P s a l m CXIX. Sixth Part.
Holinefs and Comfort from the Word.
I. v. IlS.
Lord, I efteem thy Judgments right,
And ail thy Statutes jufl: ;
Thence I maintain a conftant Fight
With every flattering Luft.
IL
302 Psalm CX1X,
II. v. 97, 9,
Thy Precepts often I furvey ;
I keep thy Law in fight,
Thro* all the Bufinefs of the Day,
To form my Aftions right.
III. v. 61.
My Heart in Midnight Silence cries,
" How fweet thy Comforts be t
My Thoughts in holy Wonder rife,
And bring their Thanks to Thee.
IV. v. 161.
And when my Spirit drinks her Fill
At fome good Word of Thine,
Not mighty Men that fhare the Spoil
Have Joys compar'd to mine.
Psalm CXIX. Seventh Part.
ImperfeBion of Nature, and Perfection of
Scripture.
I. v. 96. paraphrased.
Le t all the Heathen Writers join
To form one perfect Book,
Great God, if once compar'd with thine,
How mean their Writings look !
II.
Not the moft perfect Rules they gave
Could fhew one Sin forgiven,
Nor lead a Step beyond the Grave ;
But thine condud to Heaven,
ill.
I've feen an End of what we call
Perfedfcion here below ;
How fhort the Powers of Nature fall,
And can no farther go :
IV.
Psalm CXIX. 30?
IV.
Yet Men would fain be juft with God
By Works their Hands have wrought ;
Butchy Commands, exceeding broad,
Extend to every Thought,
v.
In vain we boaft Perfe&ion here,
While Sin defiles our Frame,
And finks our Virtues down fo far,
They fcarce deferve the Name.
VI.
Our Faith and Love, and every Grace
Fall far below thy Word ;
But perfect Truth and Righteoufnefs
Dwell only with the Lord,
Psalm CXIX. Eighth Part.
"The Word of God is the Saints Portion ; or
The Excellency and Variety of Scripture.
I. v. hi. paraphrase.
Lord, I have made thy Word my Choice,
My lading Heritage :
There (hall my nobleft Powers rejoice,
My warmed Thoughts engage.
I'll read the Hiftories of thy Love,
And keep thy Laws in fight,
While thro5 the Promifes I rove
With ever-frelh Delight.
III.
*Tis a broad Land of Wealth unknown,
Where Springs of Life a rife,
Seeds of immortal Blifs are fown,
And hidden Glory lies.
IV.
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IV.
The befl: Relief that Mourners have,
Ic makes our Sorrows bleft ;
Our faireft Hope beyond the Grave,
And our eternal Reft.
Psalm CXIX. Ninth Part.
Defire of Knowledge ; or, The Teachings of
the Sprit with the Word.
I. ^.64,68, 18.
*-p h y Mercies fill the Earth, O Lord,
A How good thy Works appear I
Open mine Eyes to read thy Word,
And fee thy Wonders there.
II. v. 73, ny.
My Heart was fafhion'd by thy Hand,
My Service is thy Due :
O make thy Servant underftand
The Duties he muft do.
111. v. 19.
Since I'm a Stranger here below,
Let not thy Path be hid ;
But mark the Read my Feet fhould go,
And be my conttant Guide.
IV. v. 16.
When I confefs'd my wandring Ways,
Thou heardft my Soul complain ;
Grant me the Teachings of thy Grace,
Or I (hall ftray again.
t V. v. 33, 34.
If God to me his Statutes fhew,
And heavenly Truth impart,
His Work for ever Til p.urfue, s^
His Law lhall rule my Heart.
VI.
Psalm CXIX. 30$
VI. v. 5-0, 71.
This was my Comfort when I botfe
Variety of Grief;
It made me learn thy Word the more,
And fly to that Relief.
VII. v.fi.
[In vain the Proud deride me now 5
I'll ne'er forget thy Law,
Nor let that bleffed Gofpel go,
Whence all my Hopes I draw.
VIII. v. 27, 171.
When I have learned my Father's Will,
I'll teach the World his Ways;
My thankful Lips infpir'd with Zeal
Shall loud pronounce his Praife.]
Psalm CXIX. Tenth Part
Pleading the Promifes.
I. v. 38, 49.
Behold thy waiting Servant, Lord,
Devoted to thy Fear ;
Remember and confirm thy Word,
For all my Hopes are there.
II. v. 41. 5-8, 107.
Haft thou not writ Salvation down,
And promised quickning Grace ?
Doth not my Heart addrefs thy Throne ?
And yet thy Love delays.
III. v. 123, 42.
Mine Eyes for thy Salvation fail ;
O bear thy Servant up ;
Nor let the fcoffing Lips prevail,
Who dare reproach my Hope.
IV
zo6 Psalm CXIX.
IV. v. 49, 74.
Didft Thou not raife my Faith, O Lord ?
Then lee thy Truth appear:
Saints fhall rejoice in my Reward,
And truft as well as fear.
Psalm CXIX. Eleventh Part.
Breathing after Holinefs.
O I. v, j, 33.
That the Lord would guide my Ways
To keep his Statutes flill !
O that my God would grant me Grace
To know and do his Will!
IT. v. 29.
O fend thy Spirit down to write
Thy Law upon my Heart !
Nor let my Tongue indulge Deceit,
Nor a£t the Lyar's part.
III. v. 37, 36.
From Vanity turn off my Eyes :
Let no corrupt Defign,
Nor covetous Defires arife
Within this Soul of mine.
IV. v. 133.
Order my Footfteps by thy Word,
And make my Heart fincere ;
Let Sin have no Dominion, Lord,
But keep my Confcience clear.
V. v. 176.
My Soul hath gone too far aftray,
My Feet 100 often flip ;
Yet fince I've not forgot thy Way,
Reftore thy wandring Sheep.
VI,
p?m,m cxnc. &x?l
VI. v.if.
Make me to walk in thy Commands,
'Tis a delightful Road ;
"Nor lee my Head or Heart or Hands
Offend againft my God.
Psalm CXiX. Twelfth Part
Breathing after Comfort and Deliverance,
I. v. ij-3-
My God, confider my Diftrefs,
Let Mercy plead my Caufe ;
Tho' I have finn'd againft thy Grace,,
I can't forget thy Laws.
II. v. 39, i }6.
Forbid, forbid the fharp Reproach
Which I fo juftly fear :
Uphold my Life, uphold my Hopes,
Nor let my Shame appear.
III. V. 122, 135-.
Be thou a Surety, Lord, for me*
Nor lee the Proud opprefs ;
But make thy waiting Servant fee
The Shinings of thy Face.
IV. v>82.
My Eyes with Expefration fail,
My Heart within me cries,
c When wB the Lord his Truth fulfil?,
And make my Comforts rife ?
V. v. 132.
Look down upon my Sorrows, Lord^
And (hew thy Grace the fame
As Thou art ever wont t'afford
To thofe that love thy Name.
303 Psalm CXIX.
Psalm CXIX. Thirteenth Part.
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Holy Fear and Tendemefs of Confcience.
I. V. 10.
i T h my wholeHeart I've fought thy Face
O let me never ftray
From thy Commands, O God of Grace
Nor tread the Sinners Way.
II. V, I I.
Thy Word I've hid within my Heart
To keep my Confcience clean,
And be an everlafting Guard
From every rifing Sin.
III. v. 63, 5-3, ij-8.
I'm a Companion of the Saints
Who fear and love the Lord ;
My Sorrows rife, my Nature faints,
When Men tranfgrefs thy Word.
IV. i>. 161, 163.
While Sinners do thy Gofpel wrong,
My Spirit ftands in awe ;
My Soul abhors a lying Tongue,
But loves thy righteous Law.
V. V. l6l, 12 0.
My Heart with facred Reverence hears
The Threatnings of thy Word :
My Flefli with holy Trembling fears
The Judgments of the Lord.
VI. v. 166, 174.
My God, I long, I hope, I wait
For thy Salvation ftili ;
While thy whole Law is my Delight,
And I obey thy Will.
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Psalm CX1X. 3Q9
Psalm CXIX. Fourteenth Part.
Benefit of JffliBions, and Support under 'em,
I. v, 15-3, 81, 82.
Consider all my Sorrows, Lord,
And thy Deliverance fend ;
My Soul for thy Salvation faints,
Then will my Troubles end ?
II. v. 71.
Yet I have found, 'tis good for me
To bear my Father's Rod ;
AfRi&ions make me learn thy Law,
And live upon my God.
III. v. 5*0.
This is the Comfort I enjoy
When new Diftrefs begins,
I read thy Word, I run thy Way,
And hate my former Sins.
IV. v. 91.
Had not thy Word been my Delight
Then earthly Joys were fled,
My Soul oppreft with Sorrow's Weight
Had funk amongft the Dead.
V. v. 75-.
know thy Judgments, Lord, are right,
Tho' they may feem fevere ;
The lharpeft Sufferings I endure
Flow from thy faithful Care.
VI. v.67.
Before I knew thy chaftening Rod
My Feet were apt to ftray ;
But now I learn to keep thy Word,
Nor wander from thy Way.
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Psalm CXIX. Fifteenth Part/
Holy Refolutions.
I. m;$i>
GThat thy Statutes every Hour
Might dwell upon my Mind !
Thence I derive a quickning Power,
And daily Peace I find.
II. v. if, 16.
V® meditate thy Precepts, Lord,
Shall be my fweet Employ ;
My Soul fhall ne'er forget thy Word,
Thy Word is all my Joy.
III. ^.32.
How would I run in thy Commands,
If thou my Heart difcharge
From Sin and Satan s hatefull Chains,
And fet my Feet at large !
IV. v.i j, 46.
My Lips with Courage fhall declare
Thy Statutes and thy Name.;
I'll fpeak thy Word tho* Kings (hould hear,
Nor yield to finfull Shame.
V. v. 61, 69, 70.
Let Bands of Perfecutors rife
To rob me of my Right,
Let Pride and Malice forge their Lyes>
Thy Law is my Delight.
VI. v. 1 \f.
Depart from me, ye wicked Race,
Whofe Hands and Hearts are ill :
I love my God, I love his Ways,
And mult obey his Will.
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Psalm CXIX. 3"
Psalm CXIX. Sixteenth Part.
Prayer for Q:ikkning Grace.
I. V. 2J-, 37.
My Soul lies cleaving to the Duft ;
Lord, give me Life divine $
From vain Deiires and every Lull
Turn off thefe Eyes of mine.
II.
I need the Influence of thy Grace
To fpeed me in thy Way,
Left I fhould loicer in my Race,
Or turn my Feet aftray.
III. v. 107.
When fore AfHidtions prefs me down,
I need thy quickning Powers y
Thy Word that I have refted on
Shall Help my heavieft Hours.
IV.. i\if6} 40.
Are not thy Mercies fovereign ftiil ?
And thou afaithfull God ?
Wilt thou not grant me warmer Zeal
To run the heavenly Road ?
V. v. 1/9, 40.
Does not my Heart thy Precepts love,
And long to fee thy Face ?
And yet how flow my Spirits move
Without enlivening Grace i
VI. v. 95.
Then fhall I love thy Gofpel more,
And ne'er forget thy Word,
When I have felt its quickning Power
To draw me near the Lord.
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iiz Psalm CXIX.
Psalm CXIX. Seventeenth Part.
Courage and Perfeverance under Perfecution ;
or, Grace fbining in Difficulties and Try ah.
I. v. 143, 28.
When Pain andAnguifhfeize me^Lord,
All my Support is from thy Word :
My Soul diflolves for Heavinefs,
Uphold me with thy ftrengthning Grace.
II. V. fl, 69, no.
TheProud havefram'd their Scoffs andLyes;
They watch my Feet with envious Eyes,
And tempt my Soul to Snares and Sin,
Yet thy Commands I ne'er decline.
111. v. 161, 78.
They hate me, Lord, without a Caufe,
They hate to fee me love thy Laws ;
But I will truft and fear thy Name,
Till Pride and Malice die with Shame.
Psalm CXIX. Lafl Part.
SanEiifyd AffliEliom ; or. Delight in the
Word of God.
I. v.6j, 5-9.
TJ*ather, Iblefs thy gentle Hand ;
How kind was thy chaftifing Rod
That forced my Confcience to a Stand,
And brought my wandring Soul to God i
Foolifh and vain I went aftray
E'er I had felt thy Scourges, Lord,
I left my Guide, and loft my Way ;
But now I love and keep thy Word*
III.
Psalm CXX. 3 1 3
III. m.ji.
'Tis good for me to wear the Yoke,
For Pride is apt to rife and fwell ;
'Tisgood to bear my Father's Stroke,
That, I might learn his Statutes well.
IV. v. 72.
The Law that iifues from thy Mouth,
Shall raife my chearful Paffions more
Than all the Treafures of the South %
Or Weftern Hills of Golden Ore.
V.v. 73.
Thy Hands have made my mortal Frame,
Thy Spirit form'd my Soul within *
Teach me to know thy wondrou^JName,
And guard me fafe from Death and Sin.
* VI. 1/.74.
Then all that love and fear the Lord
At my Salvation (hall rejoice -,
For I have hoped in thy Word,
And made thy Grace my only Choice.
Psalm CXX.
Complaint of quarrelfome Neighbours ; or, a
devout IVtfh for Peace.
I.
Thou God of Love, thou ever-bleft,
Pity my Suffering State;
When wilt thou fet my Soul at Reft
From Lips that love Deceit ?
II.
Hard Lot of mine 1 my Days are caft
Among the Sons of Strife,
P 4 Whoft
jli4 Psalm CX.XI.
Whofe never-ceafing Brawlings wafte
My golden Hours of Life.
in.
0 might I fly to change my Place,
How would I chufe to dwell
In fome wide lonefome Wildernefs,
And leave thefe Gates of Hell !
IV.
Peace is the Bleffing that I feek,
How lovely are its Charms -f
1 am for Peace ; but when I fpeak,
They ail declare for Arms.
v.
Hew Paffionsftill their Souls engage,
And keep their Malice ftrong :
What fhall be done to curb thy Rage,
O thou devouring Tongue !
Should burning Arrows fmite thee thro\
Scrift Juflice would approve ;
But I had rather fpare my Foe,
And melt his Heart with Love.
I hope the Tranfpojition of fever al Verfes of the P'falm is f.§
Difadvantage to this Imitation of it. Nor iuill the Spirit of the
Cofpel, and Charity at the End, rendu it k(s agreeable to Chri-
flian Ears.
f salm CXXI. Long Metre.
Divine Protection*
I.
Up to the Hills I lift mine Eyes,
Th'Eternal Hills beyond the Skies ;
Thence all her Help my Sou] derives j
There my Almighty Refuge lives.
Psalm CXXI. Ui
ii.
He lives; the Everlafting God,
That built theWorld, that fpread the Flood ;
The Heav'ns with all their Hofts he made,
And the dark Regions of the Dead.
III.
He guides our Feet, He guards our Way;
His Morning-Smiles blefs all the Day ;
He fpreads the Evening- Veil, and keeps
The filent Hours while Ifrael deeps,
IV.
Ifrael, a Name divinely bleft,
May rife fecure, fecurely reft ;
Thy holy Guardian's wakeful Eyes
Admit no Slumber nor Surprize,
v.
No Sun (hall fmite thy Head by Day,
Nor the pale Moon with fickly Ray
Shall blaft thy Couch : no baleful Star
Dart his malignant Fire fo far,
VI.
Should Earth and Hell with Malice burn,
Still thou fhalt go and ftill return
Safe in the Lord ; his heavenly Care
Defends thy Life from every Snare.
"VII.
On Thee foul Spirits have no Power j
And in thy laft departing Hour
Angels, that trace the airy Road,
Shall bear Thee homeward to thy God.
Jketbttfitts in Tjahn 41".
P 5 P s a 1 «j
H6 Psalm CXXL
Psalm CXXI. Common Metre.
Prefers at ion by Day and Night.
I.
npo Heaven I life my waiting Eyes,
There all my Hopes are laid :
The Lord that built the Earth and Skies
Is my perpetual Aid.
Their Feet fhall never Aide to fall,
Whom4he defigns to keep;
His Ear attends the fofteft Call,
His Eyes can never deep.
III.
He will fuftain our weakeft Powers
With his Almighty Arm,
And watch our moft unguarded Hours
Againft furprizing Harm.
Jfrael, rejoice and reft fecure,
Thy Keeper is the Lord ;
His wakeful Eyes employ his Power
For thine eternal Guard,
v.
Nor fcorching Sun, nor fickly Moon
Shall have his Leave to fmite ,•
He (hields thy Head from burning Noon,
From blafting Damps at Night.
He guards thy Soul, he keeps thy Breath
Where thickeft Dangers come ;
Go and return, fecure from Death,
Till God commands thee home.
Psalm
Psalm CXXI. 317
Psalm CXXI. as the 148th Pfalm.
God our Preferver.
I.
Upward I life mine Eyes,1
From God is all my Aid;
The God that built the Skies,
And Earth and Nature made :
God is the Tow'r
To which I fly ;
His Grace is nigh
In every Hour.
II.
My Feet fhall never Aide
And fall in fatal Snares,
Since God my Guard and Guide
Defends me from my Fears,
Thofe wakefull Eyes
That never deep
Shall Ifrael keep
When Dangers rife,
ill.
^0 burning Heats by Day,
Nor Blafts of Evening- Air
Shall take my Health away,1
If God be with me there r
Thou art my Sun,
And thou my Shade,
To guard my Hea4
By Night or Noon.
iv;
3IS 'PSALM CXXIL
IV.
Haft thou not given thy Word
To fave my Soul from Death ?
And I can truft my Lord
LTo keep my mortal Breath :
I'll go and come.
Nor fear to die,
Till from on high
Thou call me home.
Psalm CXXII. Common Metrei
Going to Church.
I.
Ho w did my Heart rejoice to hear
My Friends devoutly fay,
" In Zion let us all appear ,
" And keep the folemn Day !
I love her Gates, I love the Road j
The Church adorned with Grace
Stands like a Palace built for God
To (hew his milder Face.
III.
Up to her Courts with Joys unknown
The holy Tribes repair ;
The Son of David holds his Throne,
And fits in Judgment there.
IV.
He hears our Praifesand Complaints ;
And while his awful Voice
Divides the Sinners from the Saints,
We tremble and rejoice,
v.
Peace be within this facred Place,
^.nd Joy a conftant Gueft ! With'*
Psalm CXXII, 819"
With holy Gifts and heavenly Grace
Be her Attendants bleft !
VI.
My Soul /hall pray for Zion ftill,
While Life or Breath remains ;
There my beft Friends, my Kindred dwell,
There God my Saviour reigns.
Psalm CXXIL Proper Tune,
Going to Church.
I.
Ho w pleas'd and bleft was I
To hear the People cry,
Come, let usjeek our God to-day ?
Yes, with a chearful Zeal,
We hafte to Zion's Hill,
And there our Vows and Honours pay.
II.
Zion, thrice happy Place,
AdornM with wond'rous Grace,
And Walls of Strength embrace thee round J
In thee our Tribes appear,
To pray, and praife, and hear
The facred Gofpei's joyful Sound,
ill.
There David9 s greater Son
Has fix'd his Royal Throne,
He fits for Grace and Judgment there •
He bids the Saint be glad,
He makes the Sinner fad,
And humble Souls rejoice with Fear; •
IV,
320 Psalm CXXIL
r
May Peace attend thy Gate,
And Joy within thee wait
To blefs the Soul of every Gueft I
The Man that feeks thy Peace,
And wifbes thine Encreafe,
A thoufand Bleffings on him reft!
v.
My Tongue repeats ]ier Vows,
Peace to this f acred Houfe !
For there try Friends and Kindred dwell;
And firce my glorious God
Makes thee his biefi: Abode,
My Soul (ball ever love thee well.
Repeat the qth Stanza to compkat the Tune*
Psalm CXXIIL
Pleading with Submifjton,.
I.
OThou whofe Grace an^4 Juftice reigti
Enthroned above the Skies,
T° Thee our Heart s would ceil their Pain,
To Thee we lift our Eyes.
II.
As Servants watch their Matter's Hand,
9 And fear the angry Stroke >
Or Maids before their Miftrefsfland,
And wait a peaceful Look.
III.
So for our Sins we juftly feel
Thy Difcipline, O God ;
Yet wait the gracious Moment flill,
Till thou remove thy Rod.
Psalm CXW. ~ 321
IV.
Thofe that in Wealth and Pleafure live,
Our daily Groans deride,
And thy Delays of Mercy give
Frefh Courage to their Pride.:
v.
Our Foes infult us, but our Hope
In thy CompafIion lies ;
This Thought fhall bear our Spirits up,
That God will not defpife.
Psalm CXXIV.
A Seng for the <$th of November*
I.
Had not the Lord, may lfrae I fay ]
Had not the Lord maintained our Side,'
When Men, to make our Lives a Prey,
Rofe like the Swelling of the Tide,
II.
The fwelling Tide had ftopt our Breath,'
So fiercely did the Waters roll,
We had been fwallow'd deep in Death :
Proud Waters had o'erwhelm'd our Soul.
III.
We leap for Joy, we fhout and fing,
Who juft efcap'd the fatal Stroke ;
So flies the Bird with chearful Wing,
When once the Fowler's Snare is broke.
IV.
For ever bleflfed be the Lord,
Who broke the Fowler's curfed Snare,
Who fav'd us from the murdering Sword,
And made our Lives and Souls his Care.
fizz Psalm CXXV.
v.
Our Help is in Jehovah's Name,
Who form'd the Earth, and built the Skies ;
He that upholds that wondrous Frame,
Guards his own Church with watchful Eyes;
Psalm CXXV. Common Metre*
The Saints Tryal and Safety.
I.
Unshaken as the Sacred Hill,
And firm as Mountains be,
Firm as a Rock the Soul fhall reft
That leans, O Lord, on Thee.
II.
Not Walls nor Hills could guard fo well
Old Salem*s happy Ground,
As thofe eternal Arms of Love
That every Saint furround.
in.
While Tyrants are a fmarting Scourgd
To drive them near to God,
Divine Compaffion does allay
The Fury of the Rod.
IV.
Deal gently, Lord, with Souls fincere,
And lead them fafely on
To the bright Gates of Paradife,
Where Chrift their Lord is gone.'
v.
But if we trace thofe crooked WayS
That the old Serpent drew,
The Wrath that drove him firft to Hell
Shall finite hi$ followers too.
' ■ "" _ PSAIli
Psaem C£XV. 323
Psalm CXXV. Short Metre.
The Saints Tryal and Safety ; or, moderated
Afflictions.
I.
Fi r m and unmovM are they
That reft their Souls on God ;
Firm as the Mount where David dwelt,
Or where the Ark abode.
11.
As Mountains ftood to guard
The City's facred Ground,
So God and his Almighty Love
Embrace his Saints around.
III.
What tho* the Father's Rod
Drop a chaftizing Stroke,
Yet left it wounds their Souls toodeep^
Its Fury fhall be broke.
IV.
Deal gently, Lord, with thofe
^Whofe Faith and pious Fear,
*CVhofe Hope, and Love, and every GracS
Proclaim their Hearts flncere.
V.
Nor fhall the Tyrant's Rage
Too longopprefs the Saint;
The God of IJrael will fupport
His Children left they faint.
VI.
But if our flavifh Fear
. Will chufe the Road to Hell,
We muft expe&our Portion there,
Where bolder Sinners dwell.
The laft Stanza of this Metre mrc clear?* (XtreJTes the trus
Sexfe cftk* Pfalmifi in this Plate. Psalm
324 Psalm CXXVI.
Psalm CXX VI. Long Metre.
Surprising Deliverance.
I.
When God reftor'd our captive State,
Joy was our Song, and Grace our Theme j
The Grace beyond our Hopes fo great,
tThat Joy appeared a painted Dream.
The Scoffer owns thy Hand, and pays
Unwilling Honours to thy Name;
While we with Pleafure fhout thy Praife^
With chearful Notes thy Love proclaim*
ill.
When we review our difmal Fears,
Twas hard to think they'd vanijh fo;
With God we left our flowing Tears,
He makes our Toys like Rivers flow.
J ' IV.
The Man that in his furrow'd Field
His .fcatter'd Seed with Sadnefs leaves,
Will fhout to fee the Harveft yield
A welcome Load of joyful Shelves.
Psalm CXXVI. Common Metre.
The Joy of a remarkable Converfton ; or, Me*
lancholy removed.
I.
When God reveal'd his gracious Name,
And chang'd my mournful Scate,
My Rapture feem'd a pleafing Dream,
The Grace appear'd fo great.
Psalm CXXVI. 325
11.
The World beheld the glorious Change,
And did thy Hand confefs ;
My Tongue broke out in unknown Strains^
And fung furprizing Grace,
ill.
Great is the Work, my Neighbours cryM,
And ownM the Power divine;
Great is the IVork, my Heart reply'd,
And be the Glory "Thine.
IV.
The Lord can clear the darkeft Skies,
Can give us Day for Night;
Make Drops of facred Sorrow rife
To Rivers of Delight,
v.
Let thofe that fow in Sadnefs waic
Till the fair Harveft come,
They fhall confefs their Sheaves are great,
And fhout the Bleffings home*
VI.
Tho* Seed lie bury'd long in Duft,
It fhan't deceive their Hope ;
The precious Grain can ne'er be loft,
For Grace infures the Crop.
Psalm CXX VIL Long Metre.
The Bleffing of God on the Bufinefs and Com^ .
forts of Life.
I.
If God fucceed not, all the Coft,
And Pains to build the Houfe are loft :
If God the City will not keep,
The watchful Guards as well may fleep.
II.
tl6 Fsalm CXXVlL
II.
What if you rife before the Sun,
And work and toil when Day is done,.
Careful and fparing eat your Bread,.
To fhun that Poverty you dread ;
ill.
*Tis all in vain, till God hathbleft;
He can make rich, yet give us Reft :
Children and Friends are Bleffings too,
If God our Sovereign make them io.
IV.
Happy, the Man to whom he fends
| Obedient Children, faithful Friends :
| How fweet our daily Comforts prove
: tWhen they are feafon'd with his Love !
Psalm CXXVII. Common Mctrqi
God all in all
,
If God to build the Houfe deny,
The Builders work in vain;
And Towns, without his wakeful Eye,
An ufelefs Watch maintain.
II.
Before the Morning-Beams arife,
Your painful Work renew,
And till the Stars afcend the Skies,
Your tirefome Toil purfue.
III.
Short be your Sleep, and coarfe your Fare ;
In vain,, till God has bleft :
But if his Smiles attend your Care,
You lhall have Food and Refo
IV.
Psalm CKXVIII. h7:
IV.
Nor Children, Relatives, nor Friends,
Shall real Bleffings prove,
Nor all the earthly Joys he fends.
If fent without his Love.
Psalm CXXVIII.
Family Bleffings.
L
OH a pp y Man, whofe Soul is filled
With Zeal and reverent Awe !
His Lips to God their Honours yield,
His Life adorns the Law.
II.
A careful Providence (hallftand
And ever guard thy Head,
Shall on the Labours of thy Hand
Its kindly Bleffings ihed.
Thy Wife (hall be a fruitful Vine ;
Thy Children round thy Board,
Each like a Plant of Honour fhine,
And learn to fear the Lord.
IV.
The Lord (hall thy beft Hopes fulfill
For Months and Years to come ;
The Lord, who dwells cnZion's Hill,
Shall fend thee Bleffings home.
v.
This is the Man whofe happy Eyes
Shall fee his Houfe encreafe,
Shall fee the finking Church arife,
Then leave the World in Peace.
Psalm
3 28
Psalm CXllT.
Psalm CXXIX.
Perfecutors pnmjh'd.
I.
Ui> from my Youth, may Ifcael&y,
Have I been nurs'd in Tears ;
My Griefs were conftant as the Day,
And tedious as the Years.
II.
Up from my Youth I bore the Rage
Of all the Sons of Strife ;
Oft they affail'd my riper Age,
But not deftroy'd my Life.
III.
Their cruel Plow had torn my Flefli
With Furrows long and deep,
Hourly they vex'd my Wounds afrefh
Nor let my Sorrows fleep.
IV.
The Lord grew angry on his Throne,
And with impartial Eye;
Meafur'd the Mifchiefs they had done,
Then let his Arrows fly.
v.
How was their Infolence furpriz'd,
To hear his Thunders roll !
And all the Foes of Sion feiz'd
\yith Horror to the Soul.
VI.
Thus fhall the Men that hate the Saints
B biased from the Sky;
Their Glory fades, their Courage faints,
And all their Proje&s die.
VII.
P^ALM cxxx, ~7i£T
VII.
[What tho* they flourifh tall and fair,
They have no Root beneath :
Their Growth flini! pen ft in Defpair,
And liedefpis'd jp Death.]
VIII.
[So Corn that on the Houfe-top ftands
No Hope of Harveft gives ;
The Reaper ne'er fhall fill his Hands,
Nor Binder fold the Sheaves.
IX.
It fprings and withers on the Place:
No Traveller beftows
A Word of Blefli ]g on the Grafs,
Nor minds it as he goes.]
Psalm CXXX. Common Metre.
Pardoning Grace.
I.
Out of the Deeps of long Diftrefs,
The Borders of Defpair,
I fent my Cries to feek thy Grace,
My Groans to move thine Ear.
II.
Great God, fhould thy feverer Eye,
And thine impartial Hand,
Mark and revenge Iniquity,
No mortal Fiefhcou'ci (land.
ill.
But there are Pardons with my God
For Crimes of high Degree ;
Tny Son has bought chem with his Blood,
To draw us near to Thee.
330 TSALM cxxx.
IV.
[I wait for thy Salvation, Lord,
With ftrong Defires I wait ;
My Soul, invited by thy Word,
Stands watching at thy Gate,]
CJuft as the Guards that keep the Night
Long for the Morning-Skies,
Watch the firft Beams of breaking Lighc^
And meet them with their Eyes j
VI.
So waits my Soul to fee thy Grace,
And more intent than They,
Meets the firft Openings of thy Face,
And finds a brighter Day.]
VII.
[Then in the Lord let Jfrael truft,
Let Ifraelfeek his Face ;
The Lord is Good as well as Juft>
And plenteous is his Grace.
VIII.
There's full Redemption at his Throne
For Sinners long enflav'd ;
The Great Redeemer is hisSon>
And Ifrael (hall be fav'd J
Psalm CXXX. Long Metre.
Pardoning Grace.
I.
From deep Diftrefs and troubled Thoughts,
To Thee, my God, I rais'd my Cries;
If thou feverely mark our Faults,
No Flelh can ftand before thine Eyes.
II,
v
Psalm CXXXL mi
n.
But thou haft built thy Throne.of Grace,
Free to difpenfe thy Pardons there,
That Sinners may approach thy Face,
And hope and love, as well as fear.
III.
As the benighted Pilgrims wait,
And long and wilh for breaking Day,
So waits my Soul before thy Gate ;
When will my God his Face difplay ?
IV.
My Truft is fixM upon thy Word,
Nor fhall I truft thy Word in vain :
Let mourning Souls addrefs the Lord,
And find Relief from all their Pain,
v.
Great is his Love, and large his Grace*
Thro* the Redemption of his Son :
He turns our Feet from finful Ways,
And pardons what our Hands have done.
Psalm CXXXL
Humility and SubmiJJton*
I.
T s there Ambition in my Heart ?
A Search, gracious God, and fee ;
Or do I act a V.inghty Pare ?
Lord, 1 appeal zo Thee.
II.
I charge my Thoughts, be humble ft ill,
And ail my Carriage mild,
Content, my Father, with thy Will,
And quiet as a Child.
Q III
332 Ps ALM CXXXIL
III.
The patient Soul, the lowly Mind
Shall have a large Reward :
Let Saints in Sorrow lierefign'd,
And truft a faithfull Lord.
Psalm CXXXIL j, 13—18. Long Metre*
At the Settlement of a Church; or, the Ordi-
nation of a Minifter.
I.
Whbre fhall we go to feek and find
An Habitation for our God,
A Dwelling for th'Eternal Mind
Amongft the Sons of Flefh and Blood ?
II.
The God of Jacob chofe the Hill
Of Zion for his antient Reft ;
And Zion is his Dwelling ftill,
His Church is with his Prefence bleft.
III.
Here will I fix my gracious Throne,
And reign for ever, faith the Lord ;
Here (hall my Power and Love be knowfy
And Bleffings (hall attend my Word.
IV.
Here will I meet the hungry Poor,
And fill their Souls with living Bread ;
Sinners that wait before my Door,
With fweet Provifion fhall be fed.
v.
Girded with Truth andcloth'd with Grace,
My Priefts, my Minifters fhall fhine :
Not Aarony in his coflly Drefs,
Made an Appearance £0 divine.
vi:
Psalm CXXX1I. m
VI.
The Saints, unable to contain
Their inward Joys, fhall fhout and fing ;
The Son of David here (hall reign,
And Zion triumph in her King.
VII.
Ijefus fhall fee a numerous Seed
Born here, t'uphold his glorious Name ;
His Crown fhall flourifh on his Head,
While all his Foes are cloth'd with Shame.]
Psalm CXXXII. 4, 5,7,8, 15—17.
Common Metre.
A Church eftablifh'd.
I.
{ VT o Sleep nor Slumber to his Eyes
i.\| Good David would afford,
Till he had found below the Skies
A Dwelling for the Lord.
II.
The Lord in Zion plac'd his Name,
His Ark was fettled there ;
To Zion the whole Nation came,
To worfhip thrice a Year,
III.
But we have no fuch Lengths to go,
Nor wander far abroad >
Where-e'er thy Saints affemblenow,
There is a Houfe for God.]
Pause.
IV
Arife, O King of Grace, arife,
And enter to thy Reft :
3 34 Psalm CXXXIL
Lo! thy Church waits with longing Eyes,
Thus to be own'd and bleft.
v.
Enter with all thy glorious Train,
Thy Spirit and thy Word ;
All that the Ark did once contain
Could no fuch Grace afford.
VI.
Here, mighty God, accept our Vows,
Here let thy Praife be fpread ;
Blefs the Provisions of thy Houfe,
And fill thy Poor with Bread.
VII.
Here let the Son of David reign,
Let God's Anointed fhine ;
Juftice and Truth his Court maintain,
With Love and Power divine.
VIII.
Here let him hold a lading Throne ;
And as his Kingdom grows,
Frelh Honours fhall adorn his Crown,
And Shame confound his Foes.
The Settlement of: the Ark in Zion, is a fair Type of the
Dwelling of Chrift in his Churches j and I have fo copied this
P faint in both Metre:, omitting the Verfes lefs neceffary to tbit
Senfe,
St. 2. Thrice in the Year fh*ll all your Male-Children ap-
pear before the Lord, &c. Exod. 34*23.
St. 3. Where two or three are gatherM together in my
Name, there am I in the midft of them, Matt. 18. ao. The
Houfe of God, the Church, &c. 1^^.3.15.
Psalm CXXXIIL Common Metre.
Brotherly Love.
I.
1 what an entertaining Sight
i.
Are Brethren that agree,
Brethren
Psalm CXXXIII. »5
Brethren whofe chearful Hearts unite
In Bands of Piety !
IT.
WhenStreams of Love fromChrift theSpring
Defcend to every Soul,
And heavenly Peace, with balmy Wing,
Shades and bedews the whole :
HI.
rTis like the Oil divinely fweet
On Aaron's Reverend Head,
The trickling Drops perfum'd his Feet,
And o'er his Garments fpread.
IV.
'Tis pleafant as the Morning-Dews
That fall onS/WsHiil,
Where God his mildeft Glory (hews,
And makes his Grace diftill.
Psalm CXXXIII. Shore Metre.
Communion of Saints ; or, Love and Worffiip
in a Family.
I.
Blest are the Sons of Peace,
Whofe Hearts and Hopes are one,
Whofe kind Defigns to ferve and pleafe*
Thro" all their Adfcions run.
II.
Bleft is the pious Houfe
Where Zeal and Friendfhip meet,
Their Songs of Praife, their mingled Vows
Make their Communion fweet.
III.
Thus when on Aaron $ Head
They pour3d the rich Perfume,
— - &j. ; 3M
3 3<5 Psalm CXXXIIL
' The Oil thro' all his Rayment fpread,
And Pleafure filled the Room.
IV.
Thus on the heavenly Hills
The Saints are bleft above,
Where Joy like Morning-Dew diftills,
And all the Air is Love.
Psalm CXXXIIL as the 1 22 d Pfaim.
The Bleffings of Friendjhip.
I.
o w pleafant 'tis to fee
Kindred and Friends agree,
Each in their proper Station move,
And each fulfill their Part
With fympathizing Heart,
In all the Cares of Life and Love !
II.
*Tis like the Ointment flied
On Aaron's facred Head,
Divinely rich, divinely fweet ;
The Oil, thro' all the Room,
DifFusM a choice Perfume,
Ran thro' his Robes, and bleft his Feet.
III.
Like fruitful Showers of Rain,
That water all the Plain,
Defcending from the neighbouring Hills;
Such Screams of Pleafure roll
Thro* every friendly Soul,
Where Love like Heavenly Dew diftills.
Repeat the firft Stanxa to compleat the Tune*
Psalm
Psalm CXXX1V. JJJ
Psalm CXXXIV.
Daily and Nightly Devotion.
I.
Ye that obey thTmmortal King,
Attend his holy Place,
Bow to the Glories of his Power,
And blefs his wondrous Grace.
II.
Lift up your Hands by Morning-Light,
And fend your Souls on high ;
Raife your admiring Thoughrs by Night
Above the ftarry Sky.
III.
The God of Zion chearsour Hearts
With Rays of quickning Grace ;
The God that fpread the Heavens abroad.
And rules the fwelling Seas.
This Pfaltn, with federal ethers near it, is called a Song of
Degrees, /'. e. to be fung on tbe Steps afcending to the Tabernacle
tr Ttmple, as the Learned Juppcfe : The King and his Atten-
dants Jung the tivo firji Verges , addrejfin? them [elves totbeLe-
vites that kept the Hiufe of tbe Lord ; and the third Verfe is the
Refponfe of the Levites to the King. There 10 as a necejjity of
(banging tbe Form of this Pfalm, to fuit it to Qur ufu al Chriftiaa
Worfhif.
Psalm CXXXV. i — 4, 14, ip — ai#
Firft Part. Long Metre.
The Church is God's Houfe and Care.
I.
PR a is e ye the Lord, exalt his Name,
While in his holy Courts ye wait ;
Ye Saints, that to his Houfe belong,
Or Hand attending at his Gate.
II.
Praife ye the Lord ; the Lord is good ;
To praife his Name is fweet Employ :
Q * ftael
338 Psalm CXXXV.
Ifrael he chofe of old, and ftill
His Church is his peculiar Joy.
ill.
The Lord himfelf will judge his Saints ;
He treats his Servants as his Friends ;
And when he hears their fore Complaints,
Repents the Sorrows that he fends.
IV.
Thro* every Age the Lord declares
His Name, and breaks th'Oppreflbr's Rod ,•
He gives his fuffering Servants Reft,
And will be known Th9 Almighty God.
v.
Blefs ye the Lord, who tafte his Love,
People and Priefts exalt his Name :
Amongft his Saints he ever dwells ;
His Church is his Jerufakm.
Psalm CXXXV. % 5 — 12. Second Part.
Long Metre.
The Works of Creation, Providence, Redemption
of Ifrael, and DeflruEiion of Enemies.
C~1 re at is the Lord, exalted high,
T Above al! Powers and every Throne;
Whace er he pleafe in Earth or Sea,
Or Heaven or Hell, his Hand hath done.
II.
At his Command the Vapours rife.
The Lightnings flafh, the Thunders roar >
He pours the Rain, he brings the Wind,
And Tempeft from his airy Store.
III.
Psalm CXXXV. li£-
iii.
'Twas He thofe dreadful Tokens fent,
O Egypt, thro' thy ftubborn Land 5
When'all-thy fir ft- born Beafts and Men
iFell dead by his avenging Hand.
IV.
[What mighty Nations, mighty Kings
[He flew, and their whole Country gave
lolfrael, whom his H*nd redeem'd,
No more to be proud Phnradh%& Slave I
V.
His Power the fame, the frme his Grace,'
That faves us from the Hefts of - Hell ;
And Heaven he gives us topeflfefs
Whence thofe Apoft^e Angels fell.
This PJalm was to* long to be fung at once, yet I could not
reduce it into tw Parts conveniently , without tranfpofmg the
Verfes confiderably. as in the Tit/. lion of the Cana-
anites, and the Inheritance of their Land given to Iirr-el, f*J a
fair Figure of the Inheritance of Heaven , given to the Saints,
whence finning Angels were ejecled, as in the laft Stanza.
Psalm CXXXV. Common Metre.
Praife due to God, not to Idols.
h
Awake, ye Saints ; to praife your King,
Your fweeteft Paffions raife,
Your pious Pica fu re, while you fing,
Increasing with the Praife.
II,
Great is the Lord ; and Works unknown
Are his Divine Employ :
But ftill his Saints are near his Throne,
HisTreafure and his I
140 Psalm O^XXV.
ff • nr —
Heaven, Earth, and Sea confefs his Hand ;
He bids the Vapours rife ;
Lightning and Storm at his Command
Sweep thro* the founding Skies.
IV.
All Power that Gods or Kings have claimed
Is found with Him alone :
But Heathen Gods fhould ne'er be nam'd
Where our Jehovah's known,
v.
Which of the Stocks or Stones they truft
Can give them Showers of Rain ?
In vain they worfhip glittering Duft,
And pray to Gold in vain.
VI.
; [Their Gods haveTongues that cannot talk,
Such as their Makers gave ;
' Their Feet were ne'er defign'd to walk,
Nor Hands have Power to fave.
VII.
Blind are their Eyes, their Ears are deaf,
Nor hear when Mortals pray ;
Mortals, that wait for their Relief,
Are blind and deaf as they.]
VIII.
O Britain, know thy living God,
Serve him with Faith and Fear ;
He makes thy Churches his Abode,
And claims thine Honours there.
This Pfalm/x much abridged in this Metre, to reduce the moft
ttfefii! Parti of it to one jhorter Divine Song, In the $tb Stanza
I 1 have borrowed a Verje from Jer. 14. 22. Are there any among
; She Vanities of the Gentile* that can caufe Rain ?
PSA LM
"Psalm CXXXVL 341
Psalm CXXXVL Common Metre.
God's Wonders of Creation^ Providence, Re-
demption of Ifrael, and Salvation of his
People.
I.
Give Thanks to God thefovereignLordj
His Mercies fiiU endure !
And be the King of Kings ador'd :
His Tt'uth is ever Cure.
- II.
What Wonders hath his Wifdom done !
How mighty is his Hand !
Heaven, Earth, and Sea he fram#d alone :
How wide is his Command !
III.
The Sun fupplies the Day with Light ;
How bright his Counfels fhine !
The Moon and Stars adorn the Night ;
His tVorks are all Divine.
IV.
[He ftruck the Sons of Egypt dead ,•
How dreadfull is his Red !
And thence with Joy his People led:
How gracious is our God !
v.
He cleft the fwelling Sea in two ;
His Arm is great in Might t
And gave the Tribes a Paffage thro',
His Power and Grace unite.
VI.
But Pharaoh's Army there he drownM •
How glorious are his PVays !
Ani
342 Psalm CXXXVI.
And brought his Saints thro' defart Ground:
Eternal be his Praife.
VII.
Gregt Monarchs fell beneath his Hand;
Victorious is his Sword :
V/hileJjrael took the promised Land;
And faithfull is his Word !
VIII.
He faw the Nations dead in Sin ;
He felt his Pity move :
How fad the State the World was in !
How boundlefs was his Love !
IX.
He fent to fave us from our Woe ;
His Goodnefs never fails :
From Death, and Hell, and every Foe ;
And fiill his Grace prevails.
X.
Give thanks to God the heavenly King;
His Mercies fiill endure :
Let the whole Earth his Praifes fing :
His Truth is ever fure.
In every Stanza of this Pfalm I have endeavoured to imitate
the Chorus or Burden of the Song, For his Mercy endureth for
ever, and yet to maintain a perpetual Variety,
Ps a lm CXXXVI. as the i48r/; Pfalm.
I.
i v e Thanks to God raoft higf^
JT The univerfal Lord ;
The Sovereign King of Kings;
And be his Grace ador'd.
His Power and Grace
Are fiill the fame ;
And let his Name
Have endJefs Praife. *5
Es^alm CXXXVL 14 J"
ii.
How mighty is his Hand !,
What Wonders hath he done 1
He form'd the Earth and Seas,
And fpread the Heavens alone.
Thy Mercy , Lord,
Shall ft ill endure ;
And ever fure
Abides thy Word.
III.
His Wifdom fram'd the Sun,
To crown the Day with Light ;
The Moon and twinkling Stars,
To cheer the darkfome Night.
His Power and Grace
Are ftill the fame i
And let his Name
Have endlefs Praife.
IV.
He fmote the Firft-born Sons*
The Flower of Egypt, dead ;
And thence his chofen Tribes
Wich Joy and Glory led.
Thy Mercy, Lord,
Shall ft ill endure i '
And ever fure
Abides thy Word.
V.
-ils Power and lifted Rod
DIefc the Red-Sea in two:
\nd for his People made
\> wond'rous Pallage thro*.
His
ml "Psalm QQKXVt
His Power and Grace
Are ftill the fame ;
And let his Name
Hav§ endlefs Praife.
VI.
But cruel Pharaoh there
With all his Hoft he drownM :
And brought his Ifrael fafe
Thro' a long defart Ground.
Thy Mercy , Lordy
Shall ftill endure ;
And ever fure
Abides thy Word.
Pause.
vii.
The Kings of Canaan fell
Beneath his dreadful Hand;
While his own Servants took
Poffeflion of their Land.
His Power and Grace
Are ftill the fame i
And let his Name
Have endlefs Praife.
VIII.
He faw the Nations lie
All perifliing in Sin,
And pity'd the fad State
*The ruin'd World was in*
Thy Mercy y Lord%
Shall ftill endure
And ever fure
Abides thy Word.
IX,
Psalm CXXXVL 34S
IX.
He fent his only Son
To fave us from our Woe;
From Satan, Sin and Death,
And every hurtful Foe.
Bis Power and Grace
Areftill the fame ;
And let his Name
Have endlefs Praife.
X.
Give Thanks aloud to God,
: To God the heavenly King :
And let the fpacious Earth
His Works and Glories fing.
'Thy Mercy, Lord,
Shall ftill endure ;
And ever pure
Abides thy Word.
£t this Metre, and the next, I have maintained the Chofus,
For his Mercy endureth for ever, in a Double Form, to be ufed
alternately, i. e. in every other Stanza,
Psalm CXXXVL abridged. Long Mec#
Give to our God immortal Praife ;
Mercy and Truth are all his Ways :
Wonders of Grace to God belong,
Repeat his Mercies in your Song.
II.
Give to the Lord of Lords Renown,
The King of Kings with Glory crown :
His Mercies ever fh all endure,
When Lords and Kings are known no more.
III.
L He built the Earth, he fpread the Sky,
And fix'd the ftarry Rights on high :
Won*
U6 Psalm CXXXVT
ff/onders of Grace to God belong^
Repeat his Mercies in your Song.
IV.
He fills the Sun with Morning- Light,
jHe bids the Moon direft the Night :
fLi< Mercies ever (hall endure
then Suns and Moons (hall fhine no more.
v.
\he Jews he freed from Pharaoh's Hand,
iAnd brought them to the promised Land :
Wonders of Grace to God belong^
\Repeat his Mercies in your Song.
VI.
[He faw the Gentiles dead in Sin,'
I And felt his Piry work within:
\Hi< Mercies ever fh all endure
When Death and Sin (hall reign no more.
VII.
He feut his Son with Power to fave
Froi -\ Guilt and Da'knefs and the Grave 2*
W rulers of Grace to God belong^
Repeat his Mercies in your Song.
VIII.
Thro* this vain World he guides our Feet,
; And leads us to his heavenly Seat :
iHis Mercies ever Jh all endure
When this vain World (hall be no more.
Psalm CXXXVIIL
Rejhring and Preferring Grace.
I ■' 1. ^
[IXTiTHallrnyPovversc^IIeartandTongue
Til praiie my Maker in my Song :
Angels
P s a lmCXXX VIIL3 47
Angels fhall hear the Notes I raife,
Approve the Song, and join the Praife.
II.
Angels that make thy Church their Care
Shall witnefs my Devotions there,
While holy Zeal direfts my Eyes
To thy fair Temple in the Skies.}
I'll fing thy Truth and Mercy, Lord,
I'll fing the Wonders of thy Word ;
Not all thy Works and Names below
So much thy Power and Glory (how.
IV.
To God I cry'd when Troubles rofe;
He heard me, and fubdu'd my Foes,
He did my rifing Fears controul,
And Strength diffus'd thro' all my Soul.
The God of Heaven maintains his State,
Frowns on the Proud, and fcorns the Great j
But from his Throne defcends to fee
The Sons of humble Poverty.
VI.
Amidft a thoufand Snares I ftand
Upheld and guarded by thy Hand ;
Thy Words my fainting Soul revive,
And keep my dying Faith alive.
Grace will compleat what Grace begins,
To fave from Sorrows or from Sins :
The Work that Wifdom undertakes
Eternal Mercy ne'er forfakes.
^ Stan. 1 and z. Angels or Kings are the Gods before whom
the Pfalmifi would fing Praife to bis Creator ; but amnion Chri-
jlians
34$
Psalm CXXXIX.
fit am having fo little of the Prefence of Kings in theit W*rfhip> t
have mentioned only the Company of Angels.
Psalm CXXXIX. Fir ft Part. Long Met,
The All-feeing God.
I.
Lo R d> thou haft fearch'd and feen me thro' ;
Thine Eye commands with piercing View
l My rifing and my refting Hours,
[My Heart and Fiefh with all their Powers.
u.
[My Thoughts, before they are my own,
•Are to my God diftin&ly known ;
jHe knows the Words I mean to fpeak
rE'er from my opening Lips they break*
in.
I Within thy circling Power I (land j
[On every Side I find thy Hand :
[Awake, afleep, at home, abroad,
I am furrounded ftill with God.
IV.
[Amazing Knoweldge, vaft and great !
What large Extent! what lofcy Height!
|My Soul with all the Powers I boaft
Is in the boundlefs Profpeft loft.
v.
O may thefe "Thoughts pojfefs my Breaft,
JVhere-eer I rove, where-e'er I reft !
Nor let my weaker Paffions dare
Confent to Sin, for God is there.
Pause I.
VI.
Could I fo falfe, fo faithlefs prove,
"o quit thy Service and thy Love,
Where,
SALM CXXXIX. 1+9
Where, Lord, could I thy Prefence fhun,
Or from thy dreadful Glory run ?
VII.
If up to Heaven I take my Flight,
'Tis there thou dweirft enthronM in Light •
Or dive to Hell, there Vengeance reignss
And Satan groans benearh thy Chains.
VIII.
If mounted on a Morning-Ray
I fly beyond the Weftern Sea,
Thy fwifter Hand wouM firft arrive,'
And there arreft thy Fugitive.
IX.
Or fhould I try to fhun thy Sight
Beneath the fpreading Vail of Night,
One Glance of thine, one piercing Ray
Wou'd kindle Darknefs into Day.
X.
0 may thefe "Thoughts pojfefs my Breaft,
IVhere-e'er I rovey wbere-e'er I reft !
Nor let my weaker Pafftons dare
Confent to Sin> for God is there.
Pause It
XL
The Vail of Night is no Difguife,
NoSkreenfrom thy All-fearching Eyes;
Thy Hand can feize thy Foes as foon
Thro* Midnight-lhades as blazing Noon.
XII.
Midnight and Noon in this agree,
Great God, they're both alike to Thee ;
Not Death can hide what God will fpy,
And Hell lies naked to his Eye*
xnr.
/
545 JtSAbM CIQLKIX^
XIIT.
O may thefe Thoughts pojfefs my Breaft,
Wherever I rove, ivfaere-e'er I reft !
Nor let my weaker Paffions dare
Confent to Sin, for God is there.
Psalm CXXXIX. Second Pan. Long Met.
The wonderful Formation of Man.
I.
Twas from thy Hand, my God, I came,'
A Work of fuch a curious Frame j
In me thy fearful Wonders ftiine,
And each proclaims thy Skill divine.
II.
Thine Eyes did all my Limbs furvey,
Which yec in dark Confufion lay ;
Thou faw'ft the daily Growth they took,
Form'd by the Model of thy Book.
HI.
By Thee my growing Parts were nam'd,
And what thy fovereign Counfels fram cl,
(The breathing Lungs, the beating Heart)
Wascopy'd with unerring Art.
IV.
At laft to (hew my Maker's Name,
G$d ftamp'd his Image on my Frame,
And in fome unknown Moment joinM
The finifh'd Members to the Mind,
v.
There the young Seeds of Thought began,
And all the Paffions of the Man:
Greac God, our Infant-Nature pays
Immortal Tribute to thy Praife.
Pa vse.
Psalm CXXXDC. jji
Pause,
vi.
Lord, fince in my advancing Age
Tveadtedon Life's bufy Stage,
jThy Thoughts of Love to me furmount
(The Power of Numbers to recount.
VII.
jl could furvey the Ocean o'er,
jAnd count each Sand that makes the Shore, ;
JBefore my fwifteft Thoughts could crace
iThe numerous Wonders of thy Grace.
VIII.
Thefe on my Heart are ftill imprefs'd,
With thefe I give my Eyes to Reft;
And at my waking Hour I find
God and his Love pofTefs my Mind.
Psalm CXXXIX. third Part. Long Met:
Sincerity frof eft, and Grace tryd ; or, The
Hear t-fe arching God.
I.
My God, what inward Grief I feel
When impious Men tranfgrefs thy Will I
I mourn toheav their Lips profane*
Take thy tremendous Name in vain.
II,
Does not my Soul deteft and hate
The Sons of Malice and Deceit ?
Thofe that oppofe thy Laws and Thee,
I count tftem Enemies to me.
III.
Lord, fearch my Soul, try every Thought;
Tho* my own Heait accufe me not
Of
15*
PSA
lm CXXXIX.
Of walking in a falfe Difguife,
I beg the Trial of thine Eyes.
IV.
Doth fecret Mifchief lurk within ?
Do I indulge fome unknown Sin?
O turn my Feet when-e'er I ftray,
And lead me in thy perfect Way.
In this noble Pfalm I have not refufed the Aid ofnty Predecef*
fors, chiefly Mr, Tate, In fome Places where I have Borrowed,
J hope I have improved the Verfe : And in others my own Dejign
confirained me to leave out the Words of a more Poetick Sound,
fucb as, Infernal Plains, Morning's Wings, Weftern Main,
fable Wings of Night, fhapelefs Embryo, Maze of Life, ©V.
yet I have endeavoured to maintain the Spirit of the Pfalmifi in
plainer Language,
The Epiphonema or the Burden of the Song that I have 11
ferted three times in the firfi Part, was not introduced by any
means to add Beauty to the Poem, but mterly to reduce it to con-
venient Lengths for Singing, which has too often confined the Ode
end debafed it.
Psalm CXXXIX. Firfi Part. Com. Met.
God is every where.
I.
In all my vaft Concerns with Thee
In vain my Soul wou'd try
To ftiun thy Prefence, Lord, or flee
The Notice of thine Eye.
II.
Thy all-furroun ding Sight furveys
My Rifing and my Reft,
My publick Walks, my private Ways,
And Secrets of my Breaft.
III.
My Thoughts lie open to the Lord
Before they're form'd within ;
And e'er my Lips pronounce the Word,
He knows the Senfe I mean.
IV.
FTalm CXXX1X. _u±
" IV.
O wond'rous Knowledge, deep and high !
Where can a Creature hide ?
Within thy circling Arms I lie,
Befet on every fide.
v.
So let thy Grace furround me^ftill,]
And like a Bulwark prove,
To guard my Soul from every 111,
Secured by fovereign Love.
Pause*
VI.
Lord, where fhall guilty Souls retire
Forgotten and unknown ?
In Hell they meet thy dreadful Fire,
In Heaven thy glorious Throne.
* B VII.
Should I fupprefs my vital Breath
To Tcape the Wrath divine,
Thy Voice would break the Bars of Death,
And make the Grave refign.
VIII.
If wing'd with Beams of Morning-Light
I fly beyond the IVefl,
Thy Hand, which muft fupport my Flight,
Wou'd foon betray my Reft.
IX.
If o'er my Sins I think to draw
The Curtains of the Night,
Thofe flaming Eyes that guard thy Law
Wou'd turn the Shades to Light.
X,
isi PsAlm cxxxix.
X.
The Beams of Noon, the Midnight-.Hour '
Are both alike to Thee :
O may I ne'er provoke that Power
From which I cannot flee !
Psalm CXXXIX. 2d. Part. Com Metre.
"The Wifdom of God in the Formation of Man*
I.
When I with pleafiflg Wonder ftand,
And all my Frame furvey,
Lord, 'tis thy Work : I own, thy Hand
Thus built my humble Clay.
Thy Hand my Heart and Reins poffeft
Where unborn Nature grew,
Thy Wifdom all my Features trac'd,
And all my Members drew,
in.
Thine Eye with niceft Care furveyM
The Growth of every Part ;
Till the whole Scheme thy Thoughts had laid
Was copy'd by thy Art.
IV.
Heaven, Earth, and Sea, and Fire, and Wind,
Shew me thy wond'rous Skill;
But I review my Self and find
Diviner Wonders ftill.
V.
Thy awful Glories round me (Line,
My Flefh proclaims thy Praife ;
Lord, to thy Works of Nature join
Thy Miracles of Grace.
Psalm
Psalm
Psalm CXXX1X. 14,17, 18. Third Part,
Common Metre.
The Mercies of God innumerable.
An Evening Pialm.
I.
Lord, when I count thy Mercies o'er,
They ftrike me with Surprize ;
Not all the Sands chat fpread the Shore
To equal Numbers rife.
II.
My Flefli with Fear and Wonder ftands,
The Prod uft of thy Skill,
And hourly Bleflings from thy Hands
Thy Thoughts of Love reveal,
ill.
Thefe on my Heart by Night I keep •
How kind, how dear to me (
O may the Hour that ends my Sleep
Still find my Thoughts with Thee.
Psalm CXLI. v. 2, 5, 4, $.
Watchfulnefs and Brotherly Reproof.
A Morning or Evening Pfalm.
My God, accept my early Vows,
Like Morning-Incenfe in t! ine HoufeJ
And let my nightly Worfhip rife
Sweet as the Evening Sacrifice.
II,
Watch o'er my Lips, and guard rhem,Lord,
trom every rafti and heedleis Word ;
Nor let my Feet incline co tread
The guilty Path where Sinners lead.
B— . in.
3S6
P S A L M CXLII.
III.
O may the Righteous, when I ftray,
Smite and reprove my wandering Way !
Their gentle Words, like Ointment fhed,
Shall never bruife, but cheer my Head.
IV.
When I behold them pre ft with Grief,
111 cry to Heaven for their Relief ;
And by my warm Petitions prove
"ow much I prize their faithfull Love.
"
psal m gxLir.
God is the Hope of the Hefylefs.
*~Tp o God I made my Sorrows known,
JL From God I fought Relief ;
In long Complaints before his Throne
I pour'd out all my Grief.
II.
My Soul was overwhelmed with Woes,
My Heart began to break •
My God who all my Burdens knows,
He knows the Way I take,
ill.
On every Side, I caft mine Eye,
And found my Helpers gone,
[While Friends and Scrangers paft me by
Negledted or unknown.
5 . iv.
*Then did I raife a louder Cry,
And call'd thy Mercy near,
l* Thou art my Portion when I die,
* Be thou my Refuge here.
T
Psalm CXLIII. u7
v.
Lord, I am brought exceeding low,
Now let thine Ear attend,
And make my Foes who vex me know
I've an Almighty Friend.
VI.
From my fad Prifon fet me free,
Then (hall Ipraife thy Name
And holy Men (hall join with me
Thy Kindnefs to proclaim.
Psalm CXLIII.
Complaint of heavy AjfliEiions in Mind and
Body.
I.
My righteous Judge, my gracious Gzd>
Hear when I ipread my Hands abroad
And cry for Succour from thy Throne,
0 make thy Truth and Mercy known.
Let Judgment not againft me pafs ;
Behold thy Servant pleads thy Grace:
Should Juftice call us to thy Bar,
No Man alive is guiltlefs thee.
5 ill.
Look down in Pity, Lord, and fee
The mighty Woes that burden me ;
[ jDown to the Duft my Life is brought^
I jLike one long buryM and forgot.
1 dwell in Darknefs and unfeen;
i !My Heart is defolate within :
| |My Thoughts in muling Silence trace
(The antient Wonders of thy Grace.
I R ? 3L
15 8 Psalm CXLIII.
v.
Thence I derive a Glimpfe of Hope
To bear my finking Spirits up ;
I ftretch my Hands to God again,
And thirft like parched Lands for Rain.
VI.
For Thee I thirft, I pray, I mourn ;
When will thy fmilingFace return ?
Shall all my Joys on Earth remove >
And God for ever hide his Love ?
VII.
My God, thy long Delay to fave
Will fink thy Prifoner to the Grave ;
My Heart grows faint, and dim mine Eye ;
Make hafte to help before I die.
VIII.
The Night is Witnefs to my Tears,
Diftreffing Pains, diftrefllng Fears ;
0 might I hear thy Morning- Voice,
How would my weary M Powers rejoice !
In Thee I truft, to Thee I figh,
And lift my heavy Soul on high;
For Thee fit waiting all the Day,
And wear the tirefome Hours away.:
X.
Break off my Fetters, Lord, and (how
Which is the Path my Feet fhou'd go ;
If Snares and Foes befet the Road,
1 flee to hide me near my God.
XL
Teach me to do thy holy Will,
And lead me to thy heavenly Hill :
Let
Psalm CXLIV. 3
Let the good Spirit of thy Love
Conduft me to thy Courts above.
XII.
Then (hall my Soul no more complain^
The Tempter then fhall rage in vain ;
And Flefh, that was my Foe before>
Shall never vex my Spirit more.
Psalm CXLIV. Fir ft Part. v. i, 2.
Ajfiftance and Vi&ory in the Spiritual
Warfare.
I.
J]*0 r ever bleflfed be the Lord,
My Saviour and my Shield ;
He fends his Spirit with his Word
To arm me for the Field.
II.
When Sin ani Hell their Force unite,
He makes my Soul his Care,
Inftrufts me to the heavenly Fight,
And guards me thro' the War.
ill.
A Friend and Helper fo divine
Doth my weak Courage raife;
He makes the glorious Vi&ory mine,
And his fhall be the Praife.
The Senfe of a great Part of this Pfalm is found often repeated
in the Book of Pfalms. J ba<ve therefore only taken three jmaii
Parts of it, and formed three diftincl Hymns on -very different
Subjecls*
Psalm CXLIV. Second Part. v. 3, 4, 5, 6.
The Vanity of Man , and Condefcenjion of God.
ord, what is Man, poor feeble Man;
Born of the Earth at firft ?
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jj 60 Psalm CXLIV. *
! JHis Lite a Shadow, light and vain,
I Scill hailing to the Duft.
II.
\ O what is feeble dying Man
Or any of his Race,
I That God fhould make it his Concern
To vifit him with Grace ?
III.
That God who darts his Lightnings down!
Who flakes the Worlds above,
[And Mountains tremble at his Frown,
How wondrous is his Love !
| P S a L m CXLI V. Third Part. v. 1 2—1 f<
i Grace above Riches ; or, The happy Nation.
I.
T T a p p y the City, where their Sons
JLjL Like Pillars round a Palace fee,
J And Daughters bright as polifh'd Scones
Give Strength and Beauty to the Scate.
II.
Happy the Country, where the Sheep>
Cattle, and Corn have large Increafe ;
Where Men fecurely work or fleep,
Nor Sons of Plunder break the Peace.
Hi.
* Happy the Nation thus endowM,
But more divinely bleft are thofe
On whom the All-fufficient God
Himfelf with all his Grace beftows.
Psalm CXLV. Long Metre.
The Greatmfs of God.
TWT y God, my King, thy various Praife
., Shall fill the Remnant of my Days ;
Thy
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Thy Grace employ my humble Tongue
Till Death and Glory raife the Song.
11.
The Wings of every Hour (hall bear
Some thankful Tribute to thine Ear ;
And every fetting Sun (hall fee
New Works of Duty done for Thee,
III.
Thy Truth and Juftice I'll proclaim ;
Thy Bounty flows, an endlefs Stream ;
Thy Mercy fwift ; thine Anger (low,
But dreadfull to the ftubborn Foe.
IV
Thy Works with fovereign Glory fnins,
And fpeak thy Ma jefty divine ;
Let Britain round her Shores proclaim
The Sound and Honour of thy Name*
v.
Let diftant Times and Nations raife
The long Succeffion of thy Praife ;
And unborn Ages make my Song
The Joy and Labour of their Tongue,
VI.
But who can fpeak thy wondrous Deeds ?
Thy Greatnefs all our Thoughts exceeds j
Vaftandunfearchable thy Ways,
Vaft and immortal be thy Praife.
The Verfes of this Pfalm are here tranfptfed in this manner,
(viz.) i, 2, 7, 8, 5,6, 4, 3.
PsalmCXLV! i*-7. 11— 13. Firft Part
The Greatnefs of God.
o n g as I live I'll blefs thy Name,
My King, my God of Love >
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3 6 1 "~V~s alTm ~CXI
"My "Wort and Joy fhali be the fame
In the bright VVorld above.
II.
Great is the Lord, his Power unknown,
And let his Praife be great :
1*11 fing the Honours of thy Throne,
Thy Works of Grace repeat,
in.
Thy Grace (hall dwell upon my Tongue l
And while my Lips rejoice,
The Men that hear my facred Song
Shall join their chearfull Voice.
IV.
Fathers to Sons fhall teach thy Name,
And Children learn thy Ways;
Ages to come thy Truth proclaim,
And Nations found thy Praife.
v.
Thy glorious Deeds of antient Date
Shall thro the World be known ;
Thine Arm of Power, thy heavenly State
With publick Splendor fhown.
VI.
The World is managed by thy Hands,
Thy Saints are rul'd by Love ;
And thine Eternal Kingdom ftands,
Tho' Rocks and Hills remove.
Psalm CXLV. Second Part.
T'he Goodnefs of God.
I.
Swe et is the Memory of thy Grace,
My God, my heavenly King ;
Let Age to Age thy Righteoufnefs
In Sounds of Glory fing.
Psalm CXLV. *6*
ii.
God reigns on high, but not confines
His Goodnefs to the Skies ;
Thro* the whole Earth his Bounty fhines,
And every Want fupplies.
III.
With longing Eyes thy Creatures waic
On Thee for daily Food,
Thy liberal Hand provides their Meat
And fills their Mouths with Good.
IV.
How kind are thy Compaffions, Lord !
How flow thine Anger moves !
But foon he fends his pardoning Word
To cheer the Souls he loves*
v.
Creatures with all their endlefs Race
Thy Power and Praife proclaim ;
But Surfeits chat -afte thy richer Grace
DeligKt coblefs thy Name.
The Verfes of this Pfalm are here tranfpofed thus, j, $, i j,
x6, 3, iQ.
Psalm CXLV. 14, 17, &c. Third Part.
Mercy to Sufferers- ; or, God hearing Prayer.
IE t every Tongue thy Goodnefs fpeak,
j Thou fovereign Lord of all ;
Thy ftrengthning Hands uphold the Weak,
And raife the Poor that fall.
II.
When Sorrow bows the Spirit down,
Or Virtue lies diftreft
Beneath fome proud Oppreflor's Frown,
Thou giv'ft the Mourners Reft,
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im rrn : f
The Lord fupports our tottering Days,
And guides our giddy Youth;
Holy and juft are all his Ways,
And all his Words are Truth,
IV
I He knows the Pains his Servants feel,
He hears his Children crv,
And their beft Wifhes to fulfill
His Grace is ever nigh.
\ . v-
, His Mercy never (hall remove
From Men of Heart fincere $
I He faves the Souls^whofe humble Love fc
Is join'd with holy Fear.
I VL
[His ftubborn Foes his Sword {hall flay,
And pierce their Hearts with Pain ;
[But none thac ferve the Lord (hall fay,
a They fought his Aid in vain.]
VII.
[My Lips (hall dwell upon his Praife,
And fpread his Fame abroad •
Let all the Sons of Adam raife
The Honours of their God.]
The 'various Tranfpojitions that I have made in fever a! Parts Y
\ if this P faint, were neceffary. to divide it into proper Lengths for \
.I'uhiick vVorfnipy and to reduce the Verjes of alike Senfe together % [
Psalm CXLVI. L ong Metre.
Praife to Gird for his Goodnefs and Truth.
I.
TQraise ye the Lord, my Heart fhall joia
Jt In Work fo pleaiant, fo divine,
| New while the Fle(h is mine Abode,
And waen my Soul afcends to God.
II:
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ii.
Praife fhall employ my nobleft Powers
While Immortality endures :
My Days of Praife fhall ne'er be paft,
While Life and Thought and Being laft.
III.
Why fhould I make a Man my Truft ?
Prinfces muft die and turn to Duft;
Their Breach departs, their Pomp and Power
And Thoughts all vanifh in an Hour,
lv. •
Happy the Man whofe Hopes rely
On Ifrael's God : He made the Sky,
And Earth and Seas with all their Train*
And none fhall find his Promife vaiiu
v.
His Truth for ever flands fecure ;
He faves th'Oppreft, he feeds the Poor:
He fends the labouring Confcience Peace3
And grants the Prifoner fweet Releafe.
VI.
The Lord hath Eyes to give the Blind j
The Lord fupports the finking Mind:
He helps the Stranger in Diftrefs,
The Widow and theFatherlels.
VII.
He loves his Saints; he knows them wellj
But turns the Wicked down to Hell:
Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns ;
Praife him in everlafting Strains.
This Pfalm conffts fc much cfjtngh Sentences f that a {mall and
eajy Tranjpojition of the Verfex'ipith anjery feiu Lines added, will
afford a Metre to the Tune of the 113th Pf.iim, with a Repe-
tition of the fity Sianxa at the End ts fowpleat the 'Tune, a
P S A L W
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Psalm CXLVL as the 113th Pfalm:
Praife to God for his Goodnefs and Truth.
Ml praife my Maker with my Breath ;
J| And when my Voice is loft in Death
Praife (hall employ my nobler Powers :
My Days of Praife fhall ne'er be paft%
While Life and Thought and Being laft,
Or Immortality endure$. "—
II.
Why fhould I make a Man my Truft ?
Princes muft die and turn to Duft ;
Vain is the Help of FJefh and Blood :
Their Breath departs,their Pomp and Power
And Thoughts all vanifh in an Hour,
Nor can they make their Promifegood
Happy the Man whofe Hopes rely
On Ifraefs God : He made the Sky,
And Earth and Seas with all their Train j
His Truth for ever ftands fecure ;
He faves th'Oppreft, he feeds the Poor,
And none (hall find his Promife vain.
IV,
The Lord hath Eyes to give the Blind >•
The Lord fupports the finking Mind ;
He fends the iabouringConfcience Peace,'
He helps the Stranger in Diftrefs,
The Widow and the Fatherlefs,
And giants the Prifoner fweet Releafe,
v.
He loves his Saints ; he knows them well,
Butturrs the Wicked down to Hell ;
Thy God, O Zion} ever reigns ;
Lee
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Let every Tongue, let: every Age
In this exalted Work engage ;
Praife him in everlafting Strains.
VI.
Til praife him while he lends me Breath,
And when my Voice is loft in Death
Praife (hall employ my nobler Powers :
My Days of Praife (hall ne'er be paft
While Life and Thought and Being laftf
Or Immortality endures.
Psalm CXLVIL Fir ft Parti
The Divine Nature, Providence and Grace.
Praise ye the Lord : Tis good to raife
Our Hearts and Voices in his Praife 2
His Nature and his Works invite
To make this Duty our Delight.
IT.
The Lord builds up Jerufalem,
And gathers Nations to his Name r
His Mercy melts the ftubborn Soul,
And makes the broken Spirit whole.
HI.
He form'd the Stars, thofe heavenly Flames,
He counts their Numbers, calls theirNames :
His Wifdom's vaft, and knows no Bound,
A Deep where all our Thoughts are drown'd.
tv<
Great is our Lord, and great his Might j
And all his Glories infinite :
He crowns the Meek, rewards the Juft,
And treads the Wicked to the Duft.
Pause;
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Ps-alm CXLVII.
— t
•
Pause.
v.
Sing to the Lord, exalt him high,
Who fpreads his Cloud all round the Sky;
There he prepares the fruitful Rain,
Nor lets the Drops defcend in vain,
VI.
[He makes the Grafs the Hills adorn,
f And clothes the fmiling Fields with Corn ;
The Beafts with Food his Hands fupply,
And the young Ravens when they cry.
VII.
What is the Creature's Skill or Force,
The fprightly Man, the warlike Horfe,
The nimble Wit, the adlive Limb?
All are too mean Delights for Him.
VIII.
But Saints are lovely in his fight ;
He views his Children with delight:
He fees their Hope, he knows their Fearj
And looks and loves his Image there.
Psalm CXLVII. Second Part.
Summer and Winter.
A Song for Great Britain.
I.
O Britain, praife thy mighty God,
And make his Honours known abroad j
He bid the Ocean round thee flow ;
Not Bars of Brafs could guard thee fo.
II.
Thy Children are fecure and bkft;
Thy Shores have Peace, thy Cities Reft :
He
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He feeds thy Sons with fineft Wheat,
And adds his Bleffing to their Meat.
III.
Thy changing Seafons He ordains,
Thine early and thy later Rains :
His Flakes of Snow like Wool he fends,
And thus the fpringing Corn defends.
With hoary Froft he ftrews the Ground: {
His Hail defcends with clattering Sound:
Where is the Man fo vainly bold,
That dares defy his dreadful Cold ?
v.
He bids the Southern Breezes blow,
The Ice diflblves, the Waters flow :
But he hath nobler Works and Ways
To call the Britons to his Praife.
VI.
To all the Ifle his Laws are fhown,
His Gofpel thro' the Nation known;
He hath not thus reveal'd his Word
To every Land : Praife ye the Lord.
Psalm CXLVII. 7— p. 13—18.
Common Metre.
The Seafons of the Tear.
I.
WITH Songs and Honours founding loud
Addrefs the Lord on high :
Over the Heavens he fpreads his Cloud,
And Waters vail the Sky.
II.
He fends his Showers of Bleffing down
To chear the Plains below ;
1 He
37Q Psalm CXLVIL
He makes the Grafs the Mountains crown^
And Corn in Valleys grow*
ill.
He gives the grazing Ox his Meat,
He hears the Ravens cry ;
But Man, who taftes his fineft Wheatr,
Should raife his Honours high.
His fteady Counfels change the Face
Of the declining Year ;
He bids the Sun cut fhort his Race,
And wintry Days appear.
His hoary Froft, his fleecy Snow
Defcend and clothe the Ground ;
The liquid Streams forbear to flow,
In Icy Fetters bound.
VI.
When from his dreadful Stores on high
He pours the rattling Hail,
The Wretch that dares this God defy
Shall find his Courage fail.
VII.
He fends his Word and melts the Snow,
The Fields no longer mourn ;
He calls the warmer Gales to blow,
And bids the Spring return.
VIII.
[The changing Wind, the flying Cloud
Obey his mighty Word :
| kWitb Songs and Honours founding loud
Praife ye the Sovereign Lord.
Psalm
Psalm CXLVIII. 371
Psalm CXLVIII. Proper Metre.
Praife to God from all Creatures.
I.
Ye Tribes of Adam, join
With Heaven, and Earth, and Seas^
And offer Notes divine
To your Creator's Praife :
Ye holy Throng
Of Angels bright
In Worlds of Light
Begin the Song.
Thou Sun with dazling Rays,
And Moon that rules the Night,
Shine to your Maker's Praife,
Wich Stars of twinkling Light :
His Power declare,
Ye Floods on high,
And Clouds that fly
In empty Air.
in. i
The (hining Worlds above
In glorious Order ftand,
Or in fwift Courfes move
By his Supreme Command :
He fpake the Word,
And all their Frame
From Nothing came
To praife the Lord.
IV.
He mov'd their mighty Wheels
In unknown Ages paft,
And each his Word fulfills
While Time and Nature laft. I:
372
F*-AL<to CXLVIII.
In different Ways
His Works proclaim
His wond'rous Name,
And fpeak his P* aife.
Paus e.
v.
Let all the Earth-born Race
And Monfters of the Deep,
The Fifh that cleave the Seas,
Or in their Bofora fleep,
From Sea and Shore
Their Tribute pay,
And ftill difpiay
Their Maker's Power.
VI.
Ye Vapours, Hail, and Snow,
Praife ye th* Almighty Lord,
And ftormy Winds that blow,
To execute his Word :
When Lightnings fhine,
Or Thunders roar,
Let Earth adore
His Hand Divine.
VII.
Ye Mountains near the Skies,
With lofty Cedars there,
And Trees of humbler Size,
That Fruit in plenty bear >
Beafts wild and tame
Birds, Flies, and Worms
In various Forms
Exalt his Name.
VIII.
PSAXM CXLVIII, 373
Vill
Ye Kings, and Judges, fear
The Lord, the Sovereign King j
And whiie you rule \x& here,
His heavenly Honours fing:
Nor Ice the Dream
Of Pow< r and State
Make you forget
His Power Supreme.
IX.
Virgins and Youth engage
To found his Praife Divine,
While Infancy and Age
Their feebler Voices joins
Wide as he reigns
His Name be iung
By every Tongue
In endlefs Strains.
X.
Let all the Nations fear
The God that rules above,
He brings his People near,
And makes them tafte his Love :
While Earth and Sky
Attempt his Praife,
His Saints fhall raife
His Honours high.
Psalm CXLVIII. Paraphrased in
Long Metre.
Univerfal Praife to God.
I.
Loud Hallelujahs to the Lord,
i From diftant Worlds whereCreatures dwell:
Let
4 Psalm CXLVIIL
Let Heaven begin the folemn Word,
And found it dreadful down to Hell.
Note, "This Pfalm may be futig to the Tune of the eld Ii2tft,
tr 117th Pfalm, ifthefe tW9 Lines be added to every Stanxa,
(viz.)
Each of his Works his Name dlfplays,
But they can ne'er fulfill the Praife.
Othenvife it muji be Jung to the ufual Tunes of the Long Metre,
The Lord ! how abfolute he reigns !
Let every Angel bend the Knee ;
Sing of his Love in heavenly Strains,
And fpeak how fierce his Terrors be.
III.
High on a Throne his Glories dwell,
An awful Throne of fhining Blifs :
Fly thro' the World, O Sun, and tell
How dark thy Beams compared to his.
IV.
Awake ye Tempefts, and his Fame
In Sounds of dreadful Praife declare,
And the iweet Whifper of his Name
Fill every gentler Breeze of Air.
v.
Let Clouds, and Winds, and Waves agree
To join their Praife with blazing Fire ;
Let the firm Earth and rolling Sea
In this eternal Song confpire.
VI.
Ye flow'ry Plains, proclaim his Skill J
Valleys lie low before his Eye ;
And let his Praife from ev'ry Hill
Rife tuneful to the neighbouring Sky.
VII.
• Ye ftubborn Oaks, and ftately Pities,
' Bend your high Branches and adore
Praife
Psalm CXLVm; Iff
Praife him, yeBeafts,in different Strains i
The Lamb muft bleat, the Lion roar.
VIII,
Birds, ye muft make his Praife your Theme,
Nature demands a Song from you:
While the dumb Fifh that cut the Stream
Leap up and mean his Praifes too.
IX.
Mortals, can you refrain your Tongue,
When Nature all around you fings ?
O for a Shout from Old and Young,
From humble Swains, and lofty Kings !
x.
Wide as his vaft Dominion lies
Make the Creator's Name be known;
Loud as his Thunder fhout his Praife,
And found it lofty as his Throne.
XI.
Jehovah! 'tis a glorious Word,
O may it dwell on every Tongue!
But Saints who beft have known the Lord
Are bound co raife the nobleft Song.
XII.
Speak of the Wonders of that Love
Which Gabriel plays on every Chord :
From all below and all above,
Loud Hallelujahs to the Lord.
Psalm CXL VIII. Short Metre.
Vniverfal Praife.
L,
Le t every Creature join
To praife th* Eternal God ;
Ye heavenly Hofts, the Song begin,
And found his Name abroad.
ii.
J7^~ Psalm CXLVIIL
: ' II.
Thou Sun with golden Beams,
And Moon with paler Rays,
Ye ftarry Lights, ye twinkling Flames,
Shine to your Maker's Praife.
III.
He built thofe Worlds above,
And fix'd their wond'rbus Frame;
By his Command they ftand or move,
And ever fpeak his Name.
IV.
Ye Vapours, when ye rife,
Or fall in Showers or Snow,
Ye Thunders murmuring round the Skies, -
His Power and Glory fliow.
v.
Wind, Hail, and flalhing Fire,
Agree to praife the Lord,
When ye in dreadful Storms confpire
To execute his Word.
VI.
By all his Works above
His Honours be ,expreft ;
But Saints, that tafte his faving Love,
Should fing his Praifes beft.
Pause I.
VII.
Let Earth and Ocean know
They owe their Maker Praife;
Praife him, ye watry Worlds below,
And Monfters of the Seas.
VIII.
From Mountains near the Sky
Let his high Praife refound,
From
PSALAC CXLVIIL 377
prom humble Shrubs and Cedars high,
And Vales and Fields around.
IX.
Ye Lions of the Wood,
And tamer Beafts that graze,
Ye live upon his daily Food,
And he expedls your Praife.
Ye Birds of lofty Wing,
On high his Praifes bear ;
Or fit on flowery Boughs, and fing
Your Maker's Glory there,
XL
Ye creeping Ants and Worms,
His various Wifdom (how,
nd Flies in all your fhining Swarms,
Praife him thac dreft you fo.
XII.
By all the Earth-born Race
His Honours be expreft,
But Saints that know his heavenly Grace
Should learn to praife him beft.
Pause II.
XIII.
Monarchs of wide Command,
Praife ye th' Eternal King;
Judges adore that Sovereign Hand
Whence all your Honours fpring.
XIV.
Let vigorous Youth engage
To found his Praifes high •
While growing Babes and withering Age
Their feebler Voices try.
XV,
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Psalm CXLIX.
xv.
United Zeal be fhown,
His wondrous Fame to raife;
God is the Lord : his Name alone
Deferves our endlefs Praife.
XVI.
Let Nature join with Art,
And all pronounce him bleft ;
But Saints that dwell fo near his Heart,
Should fing his Praifes beft.
Psalm CXLIX.
Praife God, aU his Saints; or, The Saints
judging the World.
I.
Al l ye that love the Lord rejoice,
And let your Songs be new ;
Amidft the Church with chearful Voice
His later Wonders fhew.
II.
The Jews, the People of his Grace,
Shall their Redeemer fing ;
And Gentile Nations join the Praife,
While Zion owns her King.
III. B
The Lord takes pleafure in the Juft,
Whom Sinners treat with Scorn :
The Meek that lie defpis'd in Duft
Salvation fhall adorn.
IV.
Saints fhould be joyful in their King,
Even on a dying Bed ;
And like the Souls in Glory fing
For God fhall raife the Dead.
v.
Psalm CL. ?7q
v.
Then his highPraife (hall fill their Tongues,
Their Hands fhall wield the Sword ;
And Vengeance fhall attend their Songs,
The Vengeance of the Lord.
* VI.
When Chrift his Judgment-Seat afcends,
And bids the World appear,
Thrones are prepaid for all his Friends,
Who humbly lov'd him here,
VII.
Then fhall they rule with Iron-Rod
Nations that dar'd rebell ;
And join the Sentence of their God,
On Tyrants doom'd to Hell.
VIII.
The Royal Sinners bound in Chains,
New Triumphs fhall afford ;
Such Honour for the Saints remains :
Praife ye, and love the Lord.
This Pfalm feems to be written to encourage tbe Jews in theiy
Wars againft the Heathen Princes of Canaan, who ivere divine-
ly f enter ced to Deftru&ion : But the four I aft Vcrfes of it have been
too much abufed in later Ages to promote Sedition and Difturbance
in the State ; fo that I cbofe to refer this Honour, that is here gi-
ven to ail the Saints, to the Day of Judgment, according to thorn
Expreftions in the New Teftament, Mat. 19.. 28. Ye fhall fit on
twelve Thrones, judging the Tribes, &c, 1 Cor. 6.3. We
fhall judge Angels, Rev. 2. 27. $c 3. 21. I will give him
power over the Nations, he fhall rule them with a Rod of
Iron, £fc.
Psalm CL. i-f 2, 6.
A Song of Praife.
I.
In God's own Houfe pronounce his Praife,
His Grace He there reveals ;
To Heaven your Joy and Wonder raifer
For there his Glory dwells,
S II.
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II.
Let all your facred Paflions move,
While you rehearfe his Deeds ;
But the great Work of faving Love
Yourhigheft Praife exceeds,
ill.
All that have Motion, Life, and Breath,
Proclaim your Maker bleft :
Yet when my Voice expires in Death,
My Soul (hall praife him beft.
The greateft Part of this Pfalm fuits not my chief Dejtgn 5 J
have therefore imitated only the tivo firfi Ferfes and thelaft in a
(hort Doxology, or Song of Praife.
Tetjince the Chrlftian Doxology is more ufed in Chriftian Aj~
ftmbliesy I have added that alfo,
The Christian Doxology.
Long Metre.
HP o God the Father, God the Son,
* And God the Spirit, Three in One,
Be Honour, Praife, and Glory given
By all on Earth, and all in Heaven.
Common Metre.
Le t God the Father and the Son,
And Spirit be ador'd,
[Where there are Works to make him known,
Or Saints that love the Lord.
Common Metrey where the Tune includes
two Stan&as.
I.
ITT h e God of Mercy be ador'd,
A Who calls our Souls from Death,
\Vho faves by his redeeming Word%
And New-creating Breath.
2 II.
JJOXOLOGIES. lit
II.
To praife the Father, and the Son,
And Spirit, all Divine,
The One in Three, and Three in One,
Lee Saints and Angels join.
Short Met Ye.
Ye Angels round the Throne*
And Saints that dwell below,
Worfhip the Father, praife the Son,
And blefs the Spirit too.
As the uph Pfalm.
Now to the Great and Sacred Three,'
The Father, Son, and Spirit be
Eternal Praife and Glory given,
Thro* all the Worlds where God is known,
By all the Angels near the Throne,
And all the Saints in Earth and Heaven,
As the 148th Pfalm.
HT o God the Father's Throne
A Perpetual Honours raife,
Glory to God the Son,
To God the Spirit Praife :
With all our Powers,
Eternal King,
Thy Name we fing,
While Faith adores.
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An INDEX;
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TABLE to find a Pfalm fuited to
Particular Subjects or Occasions,
Note, In this Table I have not directed to the fever al Parts or
Metres of the Pfalm, left it fhould breed too great a Confufion of
Figures. V/hat is fought in any Pfalm may eajily be found, by
turning a Leaf or two backward or forward, to the dijiinct Parti
or Metres.
If you find not what Word you feek in this Table, feek another
of the fame Signification : Or, feek it under feme of the more gene-
ral Words j fuchas God, Chrift, Church, Saints, PfaJm, Prayer,
Praife, Affliction, Grace, Deliverance, Death, &c.
AD A M the'fi'rft and fee end, y
their Dominion. 8.
Afflicted, Pity to them, 41,35.
and Tempted fupported, 55,
145, 146. their Prayer, 102.
143. Saints happy, 73,119.
14th part 94.
Afflictions, Hope in them, 42,
13, 77. Support and Profit,
119, 14th part. Inftruclion
by them, 94, 119, 18th part.
fanclify^d,<)d.,iig, iSthpart.
Courage in them, 119, 17th
part. Removed by Prayer, 34,
107. Submiffton to them, 123,
131, 39. Fran Men, fee Per-
fection. In Mind and Bo-
dy, 143. Trying cur Graces,
66, 119, 17th part, without
Rejection, 89. of Saints and
Sinners different, 94. Gentle,
103. Moderated, 125. Ve-
ry great, 102, I43>77-
Aged Saints Refection and
Hope, 71.
All-feeing God} 139,
Angels, Guardian, 34, 91. all
fubject to Chrift, 89, 97.
Praife the Lord, 103. pre-
fent in Churches, 138.
Appeal to God agairft Perfecu-
tors, 7. concerning our Si?."
cerity, 139. Humility, 131.
Afcenfion of Chrift. 24,68, 47,
no.
Affiftance from God, 144, 138,
Atheifm practical, 14, 36,12.
punifhd, 10.
Attributes of God, 36, 111,145,
147.
Authority from God, 75, 82.
B.
J>Ackfl:ding Soul in Diftrefs
and Defer tion, 25. reftordy
51. pardon d, 78, 130.
Blefflng of God on the Bufinefi
and Comforts of Life, 127.
Bleffings of a Family, 128,
133. of a Nation, 144, 1-7.
of the Country, 65, 147. of a
Perfon, 1, 32, 112.
S 3 Blood
I N Ii E i
TSloodTofVFri]} cleanf.ng from
Sin, 51, 69.
Book of Nature and Scripture,
19, 119, 4th part.
Britain's Profperity, 67. deli-
vered from Slavery, 75. Hap-
pinefs, 147.
Brotherly Love, 133. Reproof,
141.
Bufinefs ofLifebleft, 127.
C.
/^Are 0/* GW oi^r £/j Saints,
34.
Charity fo r£<? Peer, 37,41,1 12.
tfw*/ Juftice, 15, 112. wz/#/
w/Y£ Imprecations, 35.
Chaftifement, /^ Afflictions.
Children praijing God, 8. «</</?
Ehjfings ,127,128. inftrucled,
34, 78.
Chrift, f£* fecond Adam, £/J
Incarnation, his Dominion, 8.
i>/$ All-fuffici":iCy, 16. bis
Afcenfion, 24^ 68, no. the
Churches Foundation, 118.
his Coming, the Signs of it,
12. his Condefcenfion and
Glorification, 8. Covenant
made <witb him, 89. Firft
and fecond Coming, or his
Incarnation, Kingdom, and
Judgment, 96, 97, 98. the
true David, 89, 35. hi' Death
and Refurrctlion, 22, 16, 69.
the eternal Creator, 102. ex-
alted to the Kingdom, 2, 2 1,
8, 72, no. our Example,
109. Faith in his Blood, 51.
God and Man, 89. his God-
head, T02. our Hope, 4, 51.
his Incarnation and Sacri-
fice, 40. the King and the
Church his Spoufe, 45. his
Kingdom among Gentiles,
72, 87, 132. his Love to Ene-
mies, 109, 35. his Majefty,
97, 99. his Mediatorial King-
dom, 89, no. his Obedience
and Death, 69. his perfonal
Glories and Government, 45.
praisM by Children, 8. Prieft
and King, 1 10. his Resur-
rection on the Lord's Day,
118. our Strength and Righ-
teoufnefs, 71. bis Sufferings
and Kingdom, 2, 22, 69. his
Suffering for our Salvation,
69. bis Zeal and Reproaches,
69.
Chriftians Qualifications, 15,
24. Church made of Jews tftf </ :
Gentiles, 87.
Church, its Beauty, 45,48, 122.
the Birth-place of Saints, 87.
built on J ejus Chriji, 118.;
Delight and Safety in it, 27,
Deftruction of Enemies pro-
ceeds from thence, 76. Ga-
thered and fettled, 132. of
the Gentiles, 45, 47. God
fights for /w,46,io,20.Gcd*8
Prefence there, 132,84. God's
fpecial Delight, 87,1 32.God'a
Garden, 92. Going to it,
122. the Houfe and Care of
God, 135. of the Jews *»</
Gentiles, 87. its Increafe,67.
Prayer in Difirefs, 80. Perfe-
cted, fee Perfecution. Re-
ftored by Prayer, %$,ioz, 107.
its Safety in National Def-
lations, 46. is the Safety and
Honour of a Nation, 48. the
Spoufe ofChrifi, 45. its Wor-
/hip tftffl Order, 48. Wrath
againfi Enemies proceeds
thence, 76.
Colonies planted, 107.
Comfort, Holinefs and Pardon,
4, 32, 119, nth and 12th
parts, and Support in God,g/\.,
36. from ant lent Providen-
ces, 77, 143. of Life bleft,
12 7. and Pardon, 130.
Company of Saints, 16, 109.
Complaint of Abfence from pub-
lick Worfhip, 42. of Sicknefs,
6. of Defer t ion, 13. Pride,
Atheifm, Oppreffion, &c. 10,
12. of 'Temptation, 13. ££«*-
ral,ioz»ofquarrelfome Neigh-
bours,
IND
hours, 120. of heavy Afflic-
tions in Mind and Body, 143.
Compaflion of God, 103, 145,
147.
Communion ivitb Saints, 106,
J33-
Confeiiion of our Poverty, 16.
of Sin, Repentance, and Par-
don, 32, 51,38, I3°> 143-
Conference, tender, 119, 13th
part. Hi Guilt relieved, 38,
32, 5T> T3^ 3^;
Contention complained cf9 120.
Converfe ivitb God, 119, 2d
part. 63.
Conversion and Joy, 126. at
the Ajcenfon cf thrift, no.
of Jews and Gentiles, 87,
106, and 96.
Correction, fee AfBiclion.
Corruption of Manners general,
n, 12.
Counfel and Support from God,
16, 119.
Courage in Death, 16,17,71. r**
Persecution, 119, 17th part.
Covenant *»<z</f with Chrtft, 89.
0/^ 'Grace unchangeable, ,89,106.
Creation #»*/ Providence, 135,
*36> 33* io4, J47> x48-
Creatures, «0 Tra/? /« them, 62,
33, 146. Vain, and God All-
fufficient, 33. Praijing God,
148.
D.
T) Aily Z)w0f /off, 55, 139.
Day of Humiliation for
D if appointments in War, 6o.
Death, and Refurretlion of
Chrift, 16, 69. of Saints and
Sinners, 17, 37, 49. and Suf-
ferings of Chrijl, 22,69. ^e-
liver ance from it, 31. and
Pride, 49. and the Refurrec-
tion, 49,71,89. Courage in it,
1 6 , 1 7,2 3,^ Z><? Effecl of Sin ,90
Defence in God, 3, 121. effi/
Salvation in God, 18, 61.
Delaying Sinnersivarned, 95.
Delight andSafety in tbeCburch,
E X. 3
48, 27, 84. /« r£* Ltfw e/
God, 119,5th, 8th, and 18th
parts, in God, 63, 42,73, 84,
18.
Deliverance begun and perfect-
ed, 85. from Defpair, 18.
from deep Diftrcfs ,^,\o.from
'Death, 31, 118. from G^-
preflion and Falofbocd, 56.
from Perfecution, 53, 94. by
Prayer, 34,40, 85, 12 6. /row
Shipwreck, 107. from Slan-
der, 31. Surprizing, 126*
from Temptations, 3, 6, 13,
18. from a Tumult, n8.
Defertion and Diftrefs of Soul,
*5> x3> 3s* H3-
Defire of Knowledge, 119, 9th
part. ofHolinefs, 119, nth
part, of Comfort and Delive-
rance, 119, 12th part, of
quickning Grace, 119, 16th
part.
Defolations, the Church's Safe-
ty in them, 46.
Defpair and Hope in Death, 17,
49. Deliverance from it, 18,
130.
Devotion, daily, 55, 134, 141,
on a Jick Bed, 39, 6. fee
Morning, Evening, Lord's-
Day.
Direction and Pardon, 25. and
Defence prayed for, 5. and
Hope, 42. fee Knowledge*
Difeafe, fee Sicknefs.
Diftrefs of Soul, or Backfliding
and Defertion, 25. relieved \
51, 130.
Dominion of Man over Crea«
tures, 8.
Doubts and Fears fuppreft, 3,
3?j 143- , ,
Drunkard and Glutton, 107.
Duty to God and Man, 15, 24,
Dwelling ivitb God, fee Hea*
ven, Church, &c9
JTDucation, Religious, 34, j%,
Egypt' s Plagues ^.lo^
s 4.. iai
I N I) E X.
"End of Righteous and Wicked,
*i 37-
Enemies overcome, 18. prayed
for, 3^, 109. aefiryed, 12,
76,48.
Envy and Unbelief cured , 37,49.
Equity and Wifdom of Provi-
dence, 9.
Evening Pfalm, 4, 139, 141.
Evidences of Grace, cr Self Ex-
amination, 26 of Sincerity,
18,19, 139.
E vi i Tw:e $ ,12. Ne ighbours, 1 2 o.
Magiftrates, 11, 58. 82.
Exaltation of thrift to the King-
dom, 2, 21, 22, 69,72, no.
Examination, cr Evidences of
Grace, 26, 139.
Exhortations Jo P^rfCtf and Holi-
nefs, 34.
F.
}7Aith #«*/ Prayer cfpefecu-
ted Saints, 35. r* ?£*? .S/oc*/
of Chrift, 51, 32. r» Divine
Grace and Power, 62,130.
Faithfulnefs of God, 89, 105,
in, 145, 146. of Man, 15,
14T.
Falfehocd, Bhfphemy, &c. 12.
tftf*/ OpprcJJion, Deliverance
from them, 12, 56.
Family Government, 10 1. Z.cz/£
andWorfhip, 133. B/eJfwgs,
128.
Fears and Dcubts f'ppreft >%)%**.,
3 1 . /?; fiw V/orftjip of God, %^,
99. of God, 119, 13th part.
Flattery ##</ Deceit complained
of 12, 36.
Forgivenefs, /?e Pardon.
Formal Worjhip, 50.
Frailty of Man, 89, 90, T44.
Fretfulnefs difcouraged, 37.
Friendfhip, /Vi Bleffings, 133,
I Funeral Pfalm, 89, 90.
(~ Entiles gzw« /<> Chrift, 2,
s , 72. Cbu+cb, 45, 65,72,
87. Owning the true God,
96, 98, 47.
G loriflcaiion #»</ Condefcenjtcn
*f Chnft, 8, 45. Glory */
G*d in §ur Salvation, 69,
and Grace promifed, 84, 97,
89.
Glutton, 78. and Drunkard,
107.
God all in 3^,127. Ail- feeing,
139. All -fufficient, 16, 33.
his Being, Attributes, and
Providence, 36, 6$, 147. /fe/s
Care of Saints, 7, 34. £/*
Creation and Providence, 33,
T04, &c. cw>- Defence <7«<^
Salvation, 3,61, 33, 115, E-
ternal, and fcaereign, and
holy, 93. Eternal, and Man
mortal, 90, 102. Faithful-
nefs, 105, in, 89. Glorify 'd
and Sinners faved, 69. Gccd-
nefs and Mercy, 145, 103.
Goodnefs and Truth, 145,
146. Governing Power and
Goodnefs,66. Great andGood,
144, 68, 145, 147. Heart-
fearching, 139. cur only Hope
and Help, 142. f£e Judge, 9,
50, 97. kind to his People,
145, 146. bis Majefty, 97.
and Condefcenfion, 113, 144,
Mercy and Truth, 36, 103,
136, 89, 145. made Man, 8.
of Nature and Grace, 65. his
Perfeclions,i 11,36, 145,147.
our Portion, and Chrift our
Hope, 4* our Portion here and
hereafter, 73. his Power and
Majefty, 68, 89, 93, 96.
prais'd by Children, 8. our
Preferver, 121, T38. prefent
in his Churches, 84. our Re-
fuge in National Troubles,
46, our Shepherd, 23. his
Sovereignty and Goodnefs t$
Man, 8, 113, 144. our Sup-
port and Comfort, 94. Su-
preme Governor, 82, 93, 75.
his Vengeance and Compaf-
Jion,6$,()j. unchangeable,^^,
in. his Univerfal Dominion,
103. bis Wifdom in bis-
Works,
I N Di
E X.
Works, ill, 139. worthy of
all Praifi, 145, 146, 150.
Good Works, 15, 24,1 12. pro-
fit Men not God, 16,
Gocdnefs of God, 8, 103, III,
145, 146
appointment, 60.
Humility and Suhmiffion, 131,
39-
Hypocrites and Hypccrify, n,
50.
I.
Gofpel, its Glory and Succefs, j TDolatry reproved, i6,Jl^,i^em
19,4.5,110. Joyful ' Sound, %y, J Jehovah, 68, 83. reigns, ^3
98. rVorJhip and Order, 48. j 96,97.
Government ofChrifl, 45. from \ Jews, fee Iirael.
God, 75. [images,/^ Idolatry.
Grace, its Evidences, or Self- j Imprecations and Charity, 3?.
Examination, 26, l^.above j Incarnation, 96, 97, 98. and
Riches, 144. without Merit, \ Sacrifice of Chrifl, 40.
16, 32. cfCkrifi, 4.5,72. and [Infants, 139. fee Children.
Providence, 33,36,135,136, f Inftru£ion/rc/» God, 25. from
147. preferring and reftoring, j Scripture, 119, 4th tf»<? 7th
138. TVztf/6 and Proteclion, [ parts, in Piety, 34.
57. /ry<?i £y Ajfiitlicns, 17, ■ Inirructi'-e Affiiclions , 94.
66, 125. andGlory, 84, 97. j Intemperance puni/h'd, 78. fl?:ij
pardoning, 130. pardoned, 107.
Guilt of Conscience relieved, 38, Joy cfConverfcn, 126. fee De- I
31, 51, 130. light.
' Yxzelfaved from the ArTyrians, j
H. 76. /rfiW /•«« Egypt? *«</f
brought to Canaan, 135, 136,
77, '05, 107, Rebellion, and
punifhment, 78. punijbed and
pardoned, io'5, 107. Travels
in the Wildernefs, 107, 114,
Judgment tftf^ Mercy, 9, 68.
£>*y, 1, 50, 96, 97,98,149,
Seat of God, 9.
Juflice of Providence, 9. j/7fi?
Truth towards Men, 15.
Juftification/r^, 32, 130.
K
the Care of
and curfed
TJAppy Saint,
Sinner, 1.
Harveft, 65, 126, 147.
Health, Sicknefs and Recovery, >
6) SO, 31. prayed for ,6,3%,
39-
Heart known to God, 139.
Hearing of Prayer and Salva-
tion, 4, 10, 66, 102.
Heaven c/* feparate Souls and \
RefurrecHion, 17. /i?<? Saints f
Dwelling-place, 24.
Holinefs, P^r^« W C***/W, j _
4. ^//W, 119, nth part, ? |I#
I King William tf«4 K.. George,
prof eft, 119, 3d part. 139
|Hope7«0*rbwj&,i3,77, 143. .
£^.m0/0» ,16,71. W K,n;, r ^ cf thrift, fee Chxi*.
Defpatr tn Death yA9. and Kn. ^ j^tf I9, Il9,
Praye^zj. for rtclory, 20. ■ ^ * •*>**.**
and Dirtclion, 42. in Affiic- '
ranw, 42, 143. -. . '; T
I Hofanna </ ftfc Children, 2. for ?
I— I
f£<? Lord's Day, 118.
HoufJwld, /ire -Family,
Humiliation £>£y, 10. /or £>*/*-
X Aw 0f Gc</, Delight in it,
Lib
S .
... .v rewarded, 41, 112',
Life
I N D
Life and Riches their Vanity,
49. port and feeble, 89, 90,
144.
Longing after God, 63, 42.
Lord's-Day Pfalm, 92, 1 18.
Morning, 5, 19,63.
Love of Gcd to the Righteous,
and Hatred to the Wicked, 1,
II. to our Neighbour, 15. of
Chriftto Sinners, 35. of God
better than Life, 68. of God
unchangeable, 106, 89. to E-
nemies, 109, 35. Brotherly,
133. and Worjhip in a Fa-
mily, 133.
Luxury punijhed, 78, and par*
doned, 107.
M.
]^f Agiftrates warned, 58, 82.
Qualifications, loi. raifed
and depofed, 75.
Miy^iyofGod, 68. /*? God.
Man, £/> Vanity as Mortal^ 39,
^9> 9°; *44« Dominion over
Creatures, 8. mortal, and
Chrifi eternal, 102. wonderful
"Formation, 139.
Marriage myftical, 45.
Mariners Ffalm, 107.
Matter of # Family, 10 r.
I Meditation, 1, 63, 119, 5th
d»<i 6th part.
Melancholy reproved, 42^ #»*/
Hope, 77. removed, 126.
Mercies, c & m#?0tf andfpecial,6%,
I03* Spiritual and temporal,
203. innumerable, 139. ever-
l*fiing> 136. recorded', 107.
# W Judgment, 9. rf#^ 7V*f£
^ G<w/, 36, 103, 89, 136,
145, *46-
Merit d'fcl aimed, 16.
Mefiiah, /** Chrift.
Midnight Thoughts, 63, 139,
119, 5th. tf>?^ 6th part.
Miniftcrs ordained, 132.
Mira< les r« M* Wilder nefs, 1 14.
|Mornin£ Ffalm, 3, 41. of *
Sabbath, 5, 19, 63.
Mortality of Man, 39, 49, 90.
E X.
W #<#*, 89. tf«i GW*
Eternity, 90, 102.
N.
"\JAtions Honour and Safety
is the Church, 48. Pro/per i-
ty, 67, 144. £/*/? tfadf />a-
nijhed, 107.
National Deliverance, 67, 75,
76, 124, 126. Deflations the
Churches Safety and Triumph
in them, 46.
Nature and Scripture, 19, 1 1 9,
7th part. 0/ Man, 139.
New-England Ffalm, 107.
November r£<? 5th, 115, 124*
o.
OBedienceyJWfr*, 32, 18, 39.
better than Sacrifice, 56.
Old Age, Death, 90. and Re-
furretlion, 17, 89.
Omniprefence, Omnifcience,
Omnipotence, &c.fee God*
P.
pArdon, Holinefs, and Com"
fort, 4. ofBackJliding, 78.
and Direction, 25. <z#<i Re-
pentance prayed for, 38. dtf<Z
ConfeJJion, 32. of original and
aclual Sin, 51, plentiful with
God, 30.
Patience ww^r Affli&ions, 39.
jy/ufc/' PerSecutions, 37, 44,
/« Darknefs, 77, 130, 131.
Peace tffl^ Holinefs encouraged^
34. «Z4>/V/6 iW<?» defired, 20.
Perfections of God, 111, 145,
147, 36.
Perfecuted Saints, their Prayer
and Faith, 35,44,74^0,83.
Perfecution, Viclcry over and
Deliverancefrcm it, 7, 53>94*
Courage in it, 119, 17th part,
Perfecutors punijhed, 7, 129,
149. their Folly, 14. ccw-
plained of, 35, 44,74,80,
83. Deliverance from them,
Per-
I N E
Perfeverance, 138. in Try ah,
119, 17th part.
\ Perfonal Glories of Chnft, 45.
[ Peftilencz,Prefervaticn in.it, yi,
■ Piety, Infiruclions therein, 34.
fee Saint.
Pity to the Affticled, 41. fee
Charity, God.
J Pleading without repining, 39,
123. the Prom ifes, 119. loth
part.
; Poor, Charity to them, 15, 37,
41, 112.
; Portion of Saints and Sinners,
! "j *7> 37-
Poverty corf eft , 16.
Power #«*/ Majefty of God, 89,
*- 68", 145./^ God.
Practical Atheifm, 14, 36.
Praife fo God from Children, 8.
y<?r Creation tftf*/ Providence,
33, 104. /<? c«r Creator, 100.
from all Creatures, 148. for
eminentDelitverance,24.,j 18.
general, J56, 145, 150. for the
Gofpel, 98. ,/»r Health r^-
Jlored, 30, 116, for hearing
Prayer, 65, I02. f0 JVfus
Chrift, ^.t. from all Nations,
217. tfff*/ Prayer publick, 65.
j^r Protection, Grace, and
Truth, 57. y©r Providence
and Grace, ifi. for Rain, 65,
147. ^"ow ^ Saints, 149,
150. fir temporal Blefpngs,
68, 47. fir Temptations
ever come, 18. for Victory in
War, 18.
Prayer heard, 4, 34, 65, 66. r*
//'»*£ of War, 20. and hope of
ViEiory, 20. tfw</ Praife pub'
lick, 65. tf«i Hc£*, 27. f«
Churches Diftrfs, §0. beard,
and Zion reftored, 102. #»</
.FWr£ of persecuted Saints,^,
2j, 56. and praife for Deli-
verance, 34. y^r Repentance
and Pardon, &c. 38. /ee
Complaint.
Preferving Grj^ 138,
EX.
Preservation in publickD angers,
46, 91, 112. ^rf/Yy, 121.
Pride, and Atheifm, and Op-
preffion punijh'd, io, 12. and
Death, 49.
Prieithood of Chrift, 51, no,
Princes main, 62, 146.
Profefiion of Sincerity and Re-
pentance, &c. 119, 3d part,
I39-/tf/A 5°«
Promifes rf»*/ Threatnings, 8 !•
pleaded, 119, 10th part.
Profperity dangerous, 55, 73.
Prosperous Sinners curfed, 37,
49. 73-
Protection, Tw/£ <2«J Grace,
57. £y £>jy #«</ Night, 121.
Providence, ;7* Wifdom and
Equity, 9. and Creation, 33,
135,136. and Grace, 7fi,mrj9.
and Perfections of God, 36*
;7s My fiery unfolded, 73. r*>
corded, 77, 78, 107. /« ^/V,
Earth, and Sea, 35, 65, 89,
104, 107, 147.
Prudence rf^ Z^/, 39,
V him for Soldiers, 18, 60. for
old Age, 7 : ,/flr Husbandmen,
65.fr a Funeral, 89, go. for
the Lord's Day, 92. ^^/ortf
Prayer, 9$. before Sermcn,^^
for Magiftrates, 101. /or
Houfholders, 101. y^r Mari-
ners, 107. /br Gluttons and
Drunkards, 107. ^0/* New-
England, 107. /or /£? 5//?) 0/
November, 115, 124. for
Great Britain, 67, 147. fee
Morning, Evening, &c»
Publick Praife for private Mer-
cies, 116, 118. for Deliver-
ance, 124. Worfhip, Abfence
from it complained of, 42,
Wcrfbip attended on, 22*
Prayer and Praife, 65, 84,
Puniihment of Sinners, I, II,
37. and Salvation, 78, 81,
106. fee Affliction.
Purpofes, boly> 119, 15th part*
TTTE
EX.
God, 6l» and Delight in the
Church, 27.
i Saints happy, and Sinners cur-
fed, 1, 119, ift Part, fafety
in evil Times, iz,^6. the beft
Company , 16. characlerized,
15, 24* and Sinners Portion,
j, 17. dwell in Heaven, 15,
24. punijhed and faved, 78,
106. God's Care of them, 34.
Reward at I aft, 50, 90, 92.
dW Sinners End, 37, i5 u.
"Patience and World's Ha-
tred,^, chaftized and Sin-
ners deftroyed, 94. J/>, but
Chrift lives, 102. punijhed
and pardoned, 106, 107. co»-
ducledto Heaven, 106, 107,
tryed and preferved,66, 125.
Afflictions moderated, 125*.
judging the World, 149.
Salvation 0/* Saints, 10. tftf*/
Triumph, 18. and Defence in
God, 6 J, by Chrift, fy, 85
0^
Qualifications a/"* Chriftian,
^ 15. H-
Quarrelfome Neighbours, 120. J
Quickning Gr^c*, u9> .j6tli |
' Part*
R.
"D Ain from Heaven, 135, $5, I
*47- I
Recovery /rc/w Sickncfs, 6, 30, f
116. * !
Rejoicing /« GW, 18. fee Joy, j
Delight.
Relative Duties, 15, 133.
Religion #«</ Juftice, 15, fa j-
Words and Deeds, 37,
Religious Education, 34, 78.
Remembrance of former Deli" [
verancesi 77, 143*
Repentance,' ConfeJJion, and j
Pardon, 32. ##^ Prayer for
Pardon and Strength^ 38.
Reproach removed, 31, 37. e Sanctified Affl.clions, 119, laft
Resignation, 39, 123, 131. part. 94.
Refolutions, holy, 119, 15th j Sztznfubdued, 3, 6, 13.
part. ; Scripture compared with the
Reftoring Grace, 138, 23.* -5*?* of Nature, 19,119,7th
Refurrection and Death of\ part. Inftruclion from it, 119,
Chrift, 2, 16. o/fi* Saints, \ 4th part. Delight in it, 11 9
16, 17,49, 7 it and Death,
49, 71, 89.
Reverence /» Worfoip, 89, 99.
Revolution £y A7tfg William,
Riches, f£«V Vanity, 49. f^ftf-
pared with Grace, 144.
Righteous, ^ Saints.
Righteoufhefs/rszw Chrift, 71* .
/^Salvation, Pardon, Chrift.
5th an d 1 8th parts. Holinefs
and Comfort from it, 119, 6 th
part. Perfetlion, 119, 7th
part. Variety and Excellency,
119, 8th part, attended with
the Spirit , 119, 9th part.
Seafons of the Tear, 65, 147,
Seaman's Song, 107.
Secret Devotion, 119, 2d parte
34-
S.
CAbb3th, /^ Lord's-Day,
Sacrifice, 40, 5 1, 69. Jwtjt-
ttdtiw of Chrift, 40.
Safety ?« publick Dangers, 91.
and Triumph of 'the Church in
National • Deflations, 46 , in
: Seeking GW, 63.
I Self- Examination, or Eviden-
ces of Grace, 26, 139.
Separate Souls, Heaven, 17,
Shepherd of Saints is God, 23,
Sh :'p wreck prevented, 107.
Sick-bed Devotion, 6, 38, 39^
Sickncfs healed, 6, 30, 116.
INDEX.
Signs of CbrifTs Coming, 12,
96, &c.
Sin of Nature, 14. original and
aElualy confined and pardon-
ed, 51. and Chajlijement of
Saints,j%,io6. univerfal, 14.
Sincerity, 19,26, 32. 1 39. prof eft
and rewarded, 18, 119. 3d
part.
Sinner curfed, and Saint happy,
1, II, and Saints Portion, 1,
17, 37, 50. Hatred and
Saints Patience, 37. deftroyed
and Saints cbaftixed, 94.
Sins of Tongue, 12, 34, 50.
S lander, Deliverance fro m it,$ I.
Song, fee Pfalm.
Sorrows, fee Affliction, Sick-
nefs, fife
Souls infeparate State,ij,i^6,
150.
Spirit given at Ckrifl's Afcen-
fion, 68. bis Teaching dejired,
119, 9th part. 51.
Spiritual Enemies overcome, 3,
18, 144. Bhjfings and Pu-
nijhments, 81. Mindednefs,
119, 2d part./?? Saint,Grace,
(Z?c.
Spouie of Cbrift the King, is the
Church, 45.
Spring of the Tear, 65, and
Summer, 65, 1 04. and Win-
ter, 147. "
Storm j«^T/6««^r,29,i35,48»
Strength, Repentance and Par-
don prayed for. 3% fromChrift,
71. *f Grace, 138.
Submifiion, 123, 131. toChrift,
2. fs Sicknefs, 39.
Succefs afftk £<$*/, 19; IIO»
Sufferings and Death of Cbrift,
22. and Kingdom of Cbrift,
2, 22, 69, 1 10.
Summer, 65. and Winter, i^j.
Support ana Counfel from G:d,
16. for the Afflicted and
Tempted, 55. andComfirt in
God, 94, 119, 14th part.
Surety and Sacrifice fibrift,^
'"pEmptations overcome , 3, 18,
■*■ in Sicknefs, 6. Efcape from
them, 25, of the Devil, 13.
\ Support under them, 3, 55,91,
Tempter, /^ Satan.
Tender Coufcience, 119, 13th
J part.
- Thanks pubhch. for privateMer-
cies, 116, lii.fee Praife.
[Threatnings and Promifes, 8i#
'.Thunder #«</ Storm, 29, 135,
136, 148.
! Times cw7, 11, 12.
I Tongue governed, 34, 39,
! Trial c/* o«r Graces by Afflic-
tions,66,i2$. of our Hearts,
> 3*> 139-
» TriumphyVr Salvation, 1%, an*
Safety of the Church in Na-
tional Deflations, 46. at the
\ laftDay, 149.
i Troubles, /<?<? Afflictions, Temp-
tations.
Truft in the Creatures vain, 62,
146.
Truth, Grace and Protection,
57,145, 146./^ God,Faith-
fulnefs.
Tumult, Deliverance from it?
118. ■
V.
VAnity of Man as Mortal,
39, 89, ,144. of Life and
Riches, 49.
Vengeance and Companion, 68,
againft the Enemies if the
Church, 76, 149.
Victory hoped and prayed for ,
20. over Temptations, 6, 18,
144. over temporal Enemies,
i2 . and Deliver ance fromP er~
fee ut ion, 53.
Vineyard of God ivafted, So.
Unbelief and Envy cured, 37,
punifhed, 95.
Unchangeable God, 89, III.
Vows paid in the Church, 116,
of Holinefs, 119, 15th part. ^
IO
w.
"ITZAiting/cr Par den and Di-
rection, 25. for An fiver to
Prayer, 85, 143, 130.
War, Prayer in time of it, 20.
D if appointments therein, 60.
Viclory, 1 8 . fpiritu al ', 18 , 144.
Warnings o/" Go</ ?o i>/\y People,
81.
Watchfulnefs, 19,141, overthe
Tongue, 39.
Weather,65, 107,135,147,148.
Wicked,^ Sinner, Saint.
Wickednefs of Man, 14, 36,5 1,.
Wind, /^ Providence, Seafons,
Storm.
Winter and Summer, 147.
Wifdom and Equity of Provi-
dence, 9. of God in hisJVorks,
in.
Word of Cod, fee Scripture*
I N D E X.
Works of Creation and Pro<vi~
dence, 104, 147, 148. and
Grace, 19, 33,111,135,136.
Good profit Men, not God, 1 6.
World's Hatred and Saint's
Patience, 37.
Wcrfhip ar.d Order of the Gof-
pel,\%. Delight in it,%\. ivitb
Reverence, 89, 99. daily, 55,
134, 141. in a Family > 133.
publick, 63,84,122,132.^.
fence from it, 42, 63.
Wrath and Mercy from the
Judgment -Seat, 9. fee more
in God, Puniihment, Sin'
ner, Vengeance.
The End of the Table of Contents.
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rj Eal and Prudence, 39.
Zion its Citizens, 15.
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AL L ye that love the Lord rejoice
Almighty Ruler of the Skies
Amidft thy Wrath remember Lore
Among the Affemblies of the Great
Among the Princes Earthly Gods
And will the God of Grace
Are all the Foes of Sion Fools
Are Sinners now fo fenfelefs grown
Arife my Gracious God
Awake, ye Saints : To praife your King:
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Bleft are the Son3 of Peace
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Bleft are the Souls that hear and know
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Bleft are the undefiPd in Heart
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Bleft is the Man, for ever bleft
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Bleft is the Man whofe Bowels move
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Bleft is the Man who fhuns the Place
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Come, let our Voices join to raife
Come, found his Praife abroad
Confider all my Sorrows, Lord
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Deep in our Hearts let us record
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I Exalt the Lord our God
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"pAr as thy Name is known
Father I blefs thy gentle Hand
Father I fing thy wondrous Grace
Firm and unmov'd are they
Firm was my Health, my Day was bright
Fools in their Heart believe and fay
For ever bleffed be the Lord
For ever fhall my Song record
From Age to Age exalt his Name -
From all that dwell below the. Skies "
.From deep Diftrefs and troubled Thoughts
Y~jlve Thanks to God : He reigns above
Give Thanks to God, invoke his Name
Give Thanks to God moft high
.Give Thanks to Gcd the foverergn Lord .
Give to our Gcd immortal Praife
Give to the Lord, ye Sons of Fame
God in his Earthly Temple lays
Gcd is the Refuge of his Saints
God my Supporter and my Hope
God of Eternal Love
Gcd of my Childhood and my Youth
God of my-Life look gently down
God of my Mercy and my Praife
Good is the Lord, the Heavenly King-
Great Gcd attend while Zion fings
• Great God, how oft did Ifrael prove
Great God indulge my humble Claim
Great God, the Heavens well-order'd Fame
Gseat Gcd, whofe univerfal Sway
Great is the Lord exalted high
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Great Shepherd of thine JJraet
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Happy is he that fears the Lord
Happy the City where their Sons
Happy the Man to whom his God
Happy the Man whofe cautious Feet
Hear me, O God, nor hide thy Face
Hear what the Lord in Vifion faid
Help Lord, for Men of Vertue fail
He reigns ; the Lord the Saviour reigns
He that hath made his Refuge God
High in the Heavens, Eternal God
How awfull is thy chaft'ning Red
How did my Heart rejoice to hear
How fall their Guilt and Sorrows rife
How long O Lord fliall I complain
How long wilt thcu conceal thy Face
How pleafant, how divinely fair
How pleafant 'tis to fee
How pleas'd and blefsM was I
How fhall the Young fecure their Heart?
*lEb'jvab reigns i he dwells in Light
J Jefus, our Lord, afcend thy Throne
Jefus {hall reign where'er the Sun
If Gcd fucceed not, ail the Coft
If God to build the Houfe deny
I lift my Soul to God
I'll blefs the Lord from Day to Day
I'll praife my Maker with my Breath
PI1 fpeak the Honours of my King
I love the Lord 5 he heard my Cries
In all my vaft Concerns with thee
In Anger Lord rebuke me not
In God's own Houfe pronounce his Praife
In Judab God of old was known
Into thine Hand O God of Truth
Joy to the World j the Lord is come
I fet the Lord before my Face
Is there Ambition in my Heart
It is the Lord our Saviour's Hand
Judge me, O Lord, and prove my Ways
Judges who rule the World by Laws
Juft are thy Ways and true thy Word
I waited patient for the Lord
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I will extol thee, Lord, on high 73
L
]MEt all the Earth their Voices raife 236
Let all the Heathen Writers join 30a
Let Children hear the mighty Deeds 19a
Let every Creature join 375
Let every Tongue thy Goodnefs fpeak 363
Let God arife in all his Might 162
Let Sinners take their Courfe 141
Let Z ion in her King rejoice 117
Let Zion and her Sons rejoice 248
Long as I live I'll blefs thy Name 361
Lord haft thou caft the Nation off 14.6
Lord lam thine : But thou wilt prove 42
Lord I am vile conceiv'd in Sin 134
Lord I can fuffer thy Rebukes 16
Lord I efteem thy Judgments right 301
Lord if thine Eyes furvey our Fault9 219
Lord if thou doft not foon appear 28
Lord I have made thy Word my Choice 303
Lord in the Morning thou fhalthear 13
Lord I will blefs thee all my Days 85
Lord I would fpread my fore Diftrefs 136
Lord of the Worlds above 205
Lord thou haft call'd thy Grace to mind 207
Lord thou haft heard thy Servant cry 29a
Lord thou haft fearch'd and feen me thro* 348
Lord thou haft (ten. my Soul fincere 45
Lord thou wilt hear me when I pray 13 I
Lord 'tis a pleafant thing to ftand 226 I
Lord we have heard thy Works of old *io I
Lord what a feeble Piece 221
Lord what a thoughtlefs Wretch was I 1S1 *
Lord what is Man, poor feeble Man 359
Lord what was Man when made at firft 22
Lord when I count thy Mercies o'er 355 ';
I Lord when thoudidft afcend on high 164
Loud Hallelujahs to the Lord 373
Lo ! what a glorious Corner-ftone 295
Lo! what an entertaining Sight 3341
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\4Aker and Sovereign Lord 5
Mercy and Judgment are my Song 244
Mine Eyes andmyDefire 69
My God accept my early Vows 355
My God confider my Diftrefs 307
My God how many are my Fears 9
My God,, in whom are all the Springs 143
My
A Table. LL-
My God, my Everlafting Hope 37*
My God, my King, thy various Praife 3^°
My God, permit my Tongue - *5Z
My God, the Steps of pious Men 9^
My God, what inward Grief I feel 35 T
My Heart rejoices in thy Name 7"
, My never-ceafing Songs mall fhow 2I1
My Refuge is the God of Love 27
My righteous Judge, my gracious Goi 357
My Saviour and my King IJ2
My Saviour, my Almighty Friend J73
My Shepherd is the Living Lord 6z
My Shepherd will fupply my Need 63
My Soul, how lovely is the Place 203
My Soul lies cleaving to the Duft 3 x x
My Soul repeat his Praife 2-54 '
My Soul thy Great Creator praifc 2,56
My Spirit looks to God alone 147
My Spirit finks within me, Lord ^09
My Truft is in my Heavenly Friend 17
"NT O Sleep, nor Slumber to his Eyes 333
■*" Not to our Names, thou only Juft and True 286
Not to ourfelves whoare but Duft 285
Now be my Heart infpir'd to ling 1 14
Now from the roaring Lion '* Rage 60
Now I'm convinod the Lord is kind *7&
Now let our Lips with holy Fear 167
Now let our mournful Songs record 6 1
Now may the God of Power and Grace 55
Now plead my Caufe, Almighty God 89
Now mall my folemn Vows be paid 160
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Q All ye Nations prai fe the Lord 2 90
O blelTed Souls are they 77
^O blefs the Lord, my Scul 253
O Britain, praife thy mighty God 368
Of Juftice and of Grace I fing 24?
O for a Shoutof facred Joy 11&
O God my Refuge hear my Cries 139 .
O God of Grace and Righteoufnefs 1 1
O God of Mercy hear my Call 138
O God to whom Revenge belongs 229
O happy Manwhofe Soul is filPd 327
O happy Nation where the Lord 84
O how I love thy holy Law 300
O Lord how many are my Foe* 11
O Lord our Heavenly King iS
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O Lord our Lord, how wondrous great 2«
O that the Lord would guide my Ways 306
O that thy Statutes every Hour 310
O thou that hear'ft when Sinners cry 1^5
O thou whofe Grace and Juftice reigns 320'
G thou whofe Juftice reigns on high 142
Our God our Help in Ages part 218;
Out of the Deeps "of long Diftrefs 329
O what a ftifT rebellious Houfe 193
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pRaife waits in Zion Lord for thee 356
Praife ye the Lord, exalt his Name 337
Praife ye the Lord: my Heart fhalljoin 364
Praife ye the Lord : 'tis good to raife 367
Preferve me Lord in time of need 37
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J) Ejoice ye Righteous in the Lord S 1
Remember Lord our mortal State 225
Return, O God of Love, return %a.i-\
gAlvation is for ever nigh 207
Save me, O God, the fwelling Floods 365
Save me O Lord from every Foe 39
See what a living Stone 294
Shew pity, Lord, O Lord forgive 133 I
Shine, mighty God, on Britain fhine 161 1
Sing all ye Nations to the Lord 159 \
Sing to the Lord aloud 198 I
I Sing to the Lord JjhovaFs Name 231 |
Sing to the Lord with joyful Voice 243
Sing to the Lord ye diftant Lands 234
Songs of Immortal Praife belong 277
;Soon as I heard my Father fay 72
Sure there's a righteous Gcd 18 1 \
Sweet is the Memory of thy Grace 362 \
•Sweet is the Work, my God, my King1 225 ;
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:fT*Each me the Meafureof my Days 10 r
Th' Almighty reigns exalted high 238
That Man is bleft who ftands in awe 279. .
1 The Earth for ever is the Lord's 6$
Thee will I love O Lord my Strength 43,
The God Jehovah reigns 241
The God of Glory fends his Summons forth 130
The God of our Salvation hears 154
The Heavens declare thy Glory, Lord $z
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The King of Saints, how fair his Face 115
' The King O Lord with Songs of Praife 56
The Lord appears my Helper now 291
•:The Lord, how wondrous are his Ways £51
The Lord Jehovah reigns 22S
The Lord is come, the Heavens proclaim 237 -;
The Lord my Shepherd is 64
The Lord of Glory is my Light 71
The Lord of Glory r,eigns, he reigns on high 227
I The Lord the Judge before his Throne 324
The Lord the Judge his Churches warns 327
The Lord the Sovereign King 255
The Lord the Sovereign fends his Summons forth I2^
The Man is ever bleft 3
The Praife of Sion waits for thee 353
The Wonders Lord thy Love has wrought 3 06
Think, mighty God, on feeble Man 2 16
This is the Day the Lord hath made 293
This fpacicus Earth is all the Lord'c 66
Thou art my Portion, O my God 298
Thou God of Love, thou Everbleft 313
Thro1 every Age, Eternal God 217
Thrice happy Man who fears the Lord 280 .
Thus I refolved before the Lord JOo
Thus faith the Lord, the fpacious Fields 325
» Thus faith the Lord, your Work is vain 304
■ Thus the Eternal Father fpake 274
Thus the great Lord of Earth and Sea 275 \
Thy Mercies fill the Earth, O Lord 304
Thy Name, Almighty Lord 290
Thy Works of Glory, mighty Lord 270
'Tis by thy Strength the Mountains fland 357
f To God I cry'd with mournfull Voice 189
s To God I made my Sorrows known 356
: To God the Great, the Ever-bleft 264
I To Heaven I lift my waiting Eyes 316
To cur Almighty Maker Gcd 240
, To thee, before the dawning Light 297
\ To thee, moil holy and moil high] 386
» To thine Almighty Arm we owe 48
', 'Twasforthy fake, Eternal God 371
• 'Twas from thy Hand, my God, I came 350
* "'Twas in the Watches of the Night 349
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"yAin Manonfoclim Pleafires bent 268
Unfhaken as the facred Hill 322 ■'
Up from my Youth, may Ijrael fay 328
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Up to the Hills I lift mine Eyes g 14
Upward I lift mine Eyes 3 j j
W.
VK7 E blefs the Lord, the Juft, the Good 164
We love the Lord and we adore 47
What mall I render to my God 289
When Chrift to Judgment mall defcend 126
When God is nigh, my Faith is ftrong 3S
When God provok'd with daring Crimes 27 1
When God reftor < our captive State 324
When God revea I'd his Gracious Name 324
When Ifrael freed from Pharaoh's Hand 284
When ifrael fins, the Lord reproves 194
When I with pleafing Wonder ftand 354
When Man grows bold in Sin 94
When overwhelmed with Grief 147
When Pain and Angui/h feize me, Lord 312
When the Great Judge, Supreme and Juft 24
Where mall the Man be found 68
Where fhall we goto feek and find 33a
While Men grow bold in wicked Ways 92
While 1 keep Silence and conceal £0
Who mall afcend thy Heavenly Place 35
Who fhall inhabit in thy Hill 34
Who will arife and plead my Right 230
Why did the Jews proclaim their Rage 8
Why did the Nations join to flay 7
Why do the Proud infultthe Poor 123
Why do the wealthy Wicked boarc 97
Why doth the Lord ftand off fo far J 25
Why doth the Man of Riches grow 12 1 j
Why has my God my Soul forfook 58
Why mould I vex my Soul and fret 95
Will God for ever caft us off J83
With all my Powers of Heart and Tongue 346
With earneft Longings of the Mind J08
With my whole Heart I'll raife my Song 23 ,
With my whole Heart I've fought thy Face 308
With Reverence let the Saints appear 21 1
With Songs and Honours founding loud 369
Would you behold the Works of God 269
Y.
V" E holy Souls in God rejoice %%
Ye Iflands of the Northern Sea 239
Ye Nations round the Earth rejoice • 242
Ye Servants of the Almighty King 283
Ye Sons of Men, a feeble Race 224
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STABLE.
Ye Sons of Pride, that hate the Juft
Ye that delight to ferve the Lord
Ye that obey th'Jmmortal King
Ye Tribes of Adam join
Yet (faith the Lord) if David's Race
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THE END.
Tublijhedhythe fame Author*
I. XJ 0 RJE Lyrica : Poems chiefly of the Lyric Kind, In
three Books ; Sacred. 1. To Devotion and Piety,
I* To Virtue, Honour and Friend/hip. 3. To the Memory of
the Dead. With the Author's Emgies, The Sixth Edition,
corrected.
II. Hymns and Spiritual Songs, in three Books. I. Collected
From the Scrip.ures. 2. Compofed on Divine Subjects. 3. Pre-
pared for the LordVSupper. The Eleventh Edition,
III. A Guide to Prayer, or a free and rational Account of the
Gift, Grace and Spirit of Prayer, &c. The Fourth Edition.
IV. Divine Songs, attempted in eafy Language for Children*
The Eleventh Edition.
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V. The Pfalms of David imitated in the Language of the
New Teftament, and applied to the Chriftian State and Worfliip.
The Seventh and Eighth Edition.
VI. Sermons on various Subjects, in three Volumes, together
with a Sacred Kymn annexed to each.
VII. The Art of Reading and Writing Engli/h, or the chief
Principles and Rules of pronouncing our Mother-Tongue, both
in Profe and Verfe: with a Variety of Inftructions for true
Sp:lling., The Third Edition.
VIII. The Chriftian Doctrine of the Trinity, or Father, Son
and the Spirit, Three Perfons and One God, afferted and proved
&c.
IX. Death and Heaven, or the lafl Enemy conquered, and
feparate Spirits made perfect. Second Edition.
X. Seven Differtaticns relating to the Chriftian Doctrine of
the Trinity. In two Parts.
XI. Logick, or the Right Ufe of Reafon, in the Enquiry
after Truth. The Fourth Edition,
XII. The Knowledge of the Heavens, and the Earth made
-eafy. The Second Edition, corrected.
XIII. Prayers compofed for the Ufe of Children, fuited to
their different Ages and their various Occafions, together with
Instructions to Youth in the Duty of Prayer. Drawn up by
Way of Queftion and Anfwer, and a ferious Addrefs to them on
that Subjeft. The Third and Fourth Edition.
XIV. A Defence againfl the Temptations to Self-Murder.
XV. An Eflay towards the Encouragement of Charity-Schools.
XVI. Difcourfesof the Love of God, and the Ufe and Abufe
©f the Paflions in Religion : With a Devout Meditation fuited
to each Difcourfe, &c,
XVII. A Caveat againfr Infidelity, or the Danger of Apo-
ftacy from the Chriftian Faith, with an Anfwer to various Que-
ries concerning the Salvation of the Heathens, &c,
XVIII . An humble Attempt towards the Revival of Prac-
tical Religion among Christians, and particularly the Proteftant
DiiTenters j by a fecret Addrefs to Minifters and People in fome
©ccafional Difcourfes.
XIX. Amort View of the whole Scripture -Hiftory, with a
Continuation of the Jeiuijh Affairs from the Old Teftament
till the Time of Chrift: An Account of the chief Prophecies
that relate to Him. Uluftrated with various Remarks on the
Hiftory and the Religion of the Patriarchs, Jews and Cbri-
^iatis; and on the Laws, Sects, Cuftcms and Writings of the
Jews : Adorned with Figures relating to their Camp, Ta-
bernacle and Worihip.
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